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As Supreme Court clears way to deport Haitians and Syrians, faith leaders grieve, prepare for what’s next

As Supreme Court clears way to deport Haitians and Syrians, faith leaders grieve, prepare for what’s next

Published by Sam Flores

(RNS) — In a Supreme Court ruling released Thursday (June 25), the court sided with the Trump administration in a decision that could leave more than 350,000 Haitians and roughly 6,000 Syrians living in the U.S. vulnerable to deportation. In a 6-3 vote, the court decided that judges can’t second-guess the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s decision to end Temporary Protected Status for Syria and Haiti. It said the lower courts were wrong to temporarily block the TPS terminations; those terminations can proceed while related lawsuits continue in lower courts. “In these cases, we consider whether respondents, who challenge the termination of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for aliens from Syria and Haiti, are entitled to orders postponing the terminations during litigation. We hold that they are not,” Justice Samuel Alito wrote in the majority opinion.  Many faith leaders denounced the ruling. The decision is “terrible,” said Bishop Nicolas Homicil of Voice of the Gospel Tabernacle church in Boston’s neighborhood of Mattapan, which is home to the largest Haitian community in the state. Homicil, whose congregation …

Supreme Court Allows Trump Admin To Remove Deportation Protections For Syrians & Haitians

Supreme Court Allows Trump Admin To Remove Deportation Protections For Syrians & Haitians

Published by Jenni Sidey

Authored by Sam Dorman via The Epoch Times, The Supreme Court has allowed the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS’s) attempt to remove deportation protections for nationals of Haiti and Syria. In a 6–3 decision on June 25, a majority of the court said federal law barred judicial review of non-constitutional arguments against the department’s determinations. Justice Samuel Alito wrote the majority opinion, which said the sole constitutional argument in the case would likely fail. “Citing statements made by President Trump and former Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem, one set of respondents advances an equal protection claim that Haiti’s TPS [Temporary Protected Status] designation was terminated because of the racial makeup of that country’s population,” Alito wrote. “But, ironically, one of respondents’ other arguments undermines the equal protection claim by offering a strong, race-neutral explanation for Haiti’s termination: namely, that the current administration, which has terminated every TPS designation that has come up for renewal, simply opposes the TPS program, at least as it has been implemented in the past.” During oral argument in April, …

Supreme Court allows Trump administration to lift deportation protections for Haitians, Syrians

Supreme Court allows Trump administration to lift deportation protections for Haitians, Syrians

Published by Sam Flores

The Supreme Court on Thursday allowed the Trump administration to end legal protections for migrants fleeing violence and natural disaster in Haiti and Syria, exposing hundreds of thousands more people to potential deportation. The 6-3 decision overturns lower court orders and allows the Department of Homeland Security to swiftly end temporary protected status, a programme that protects a total of 1.3 million people from 17 countries. The Trump administration argued that judges can’t second-guess immigration officials’ decisions about the protections, which were intended to be temporary. Immigration attorneys said the countries remain unsafe to return, and the administration ended them in an unlawfully hasty process tinged by racial animus. During his 2024 presidential campaign, US President Donald Trump amplified false rumours that Haitian immigrants were abducting and eating dogs and cats. Trump’s fake claim of Haitians eating pets To display this content from YouTube, you must enable advertisement tracking and audience measurement. Accept Manage my choices One of your browser extensions seems to be blocking the video player from loading. To watch this content, you …

Turkey’s economy hit as Syrians return home

Turkey’s economy hit as Syrians return home

Published by Sam Flores

Since the end of the war in Syria last year, many Syrians have left Turkey to return home. Of the 3.6 million refugees living in the country, more than half a million are believed to have already gone back. These departures are weakening the Turkish economy, which relies heavily on low-cost labour, particularly in the textile and agricultural sectors. In the south-east, in Gaziantep, half of the garment workshops closed last year due to a shortage of workers. A report by Jenna Le Bras and Adrià Rocha Cutiller. Keywords for this article Source link

Foreigners Commit Nearly Half Of All Rapes In Austria, Syrians Largest Foreign Group Of Suspects

Foreigners Commit Nearly Half Of All Rapes In Austria, Syrians Largest Foreign Group Of Suspects

Published by Jenni Sidey

Via Remix News, The number of rape suspects in Austria has more than doubled since 2015, with foreign nationals — and Syrians in particular — driving a disproportionate share of the increase. In addition, foreigners nare now responsible for nearly half of all rapes, a major increase from 2015 as well. The figures, provided by Austria’s Interior Ministry in response to a request by Austrian newspaper exxpress, paint a striking picture of a decade-long trend. The composition of those suspects has shifted markedly. In 2015, 250 of the 688 suspects were foreign nationals — 36.3 percent of the total. By 2025, that number had risen to 538, representing 46.9 percent of all suspects, despite foreign nationals making up only 20.5 percent of Austria’s population. Reported rapes under section 201 of the Austrian criminal code rose from 826 cases in 2015 to 1,359 in 2024 — an increase of roughly 64.5 percent. The number of suspects rose in parallel, from 688 to 1,196. Preliminary figures for 2025 show a slight decline to 1,147 suspects, but that still …

Merz sparks backlash over desire to send Syrians home – POLITICO

Merz sparks backlash over desire to send Syrians home – POLITICO

Published by Sam Flores

But, he added, “it is clear that once the civil war ended, the time for return has come and the grounds for protection cease to apply.” He declined to provide specific numbers. Approximately 1.23 million people of Syrian origin were registered in Germany at the end of 2024. Of those, 246,320 had acquired German citizenship, leaving close to a million Syrian nationals in Germany at risk of being affected by the proposed large-scale return policy. ‘Indignity and anger’ While the collapse of Bashar al-Assad’s autocratic regime in late 2024 sparked jubilation among large segments of the Syrian diaspora across Europe, many remained cautious about the prospect of returning home. In the first 10 months of 2025 just 6,502 Syrian nationals voluntarily left Germany, according to figures published by Süddeutsche Zeitung. “The majority want to wait and see how the situation develops — both with the regime and the transitional government — before taking the decision to return,” said Antonios Hazim, who has been in Germany since 2016 and volunteers with a Syrian community organization. “The …

What will it take for Syrians to return to Aleppo after years of war? | Syria’s War

What will it take for Syrians to return to Aleppo after years of war? | Syria’s War

Published by Sam Flores

On a recent trip from Germany, where he lives, to his hometown of Aleppo, Alhakam Shaar made a decision. He would not stay at a hotel or with friends. Instead, he would stay at what used to be his father’s office in Aleppo’s Old City. There was only one problem. Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of list “Not a single room had a closable window or door,” Shaar, who had been away from the city for a decade, told Al Jazeera. Aleppo’s winters are brutally cold, with temperatures reaching well below zero degrees Celsius. Still, he bought a sleeping bag that had been advertised as capable of withstanding extreme weather. “That didn’t turn out to be true, and I still woke up with cold toes many nights,” he said. But despite the cold, he did not regret the decision. Although his trip to Syria was short – about two weeks, in part due to flight cancellations after armed clashes in Aleppo – Shaar started renovating his old family home, also in the Old City, that …

Syrian’s al-Sharaa meets Putin in Moscow for second time in four months

Syrian’s al-Sharaa meets Putin in Moscow for second time in four months

Published by Sam Flores

Syria’s interim leader arrived in Moscow on January 28for his second visit in less than four months. Moscow has been working to build relations with Ahmed al-Sharaa and ensure a continued military presence in the country, which serves to bolster its influence in the Middle East. The meeting comes after Russia withdrew its forces from the Qamishli airport in Kurdish-held northeast Syria earlier this week. Keywords for this article Source link

‘Demographic Time-Bomb’ – 7 Million Syrians Could Arrive In Germany Within 50 Years Due To Family Reunification

‘Demographic Time-Bomb’ – 7 Million Syrians Could Arrive In Germany Within 50 Years Due To Family Reunification

Published by Jenni Sidey

Via Remix News, Dutch migration researcher and social scientist Ruud Koopmans has described the current rapid naturalizations as a “demographic time bomb” that could lead to 7 million Syrians in Germany within 50 years. Koopmans says that family reunification is the main factor, and with many relatives of these newly naturalized migrants having the right to reunification, it could transform Germany. Koopmans criticizes Germany’s rapid naturalization of migrants, which was initiated under the last far-left German government of Chancellor Olaf Scholz. “One must consider whether refugees should be given access to German citizenship so quickly. If they are German nationals, there is no limit on family migration. Then any possibility of managing these migration flows is gone,“ he said in an interview with Cicero. “This rapid naturalization can be considered a demographic time bomb in the long run,” he added. He stated that the so-called “turbo naturalization“ after three years was removed by the current ruling government. The reality is that this option for receiving German citizenship after three years applied to very few people, sometimes numbering less …