New York City says it will not enforce Supreme Court TPS ruling

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani said Thursday that the city will not cooperate with efforts to enforce the Supreme Court ruling allowing the Trump administration to end Temporary Protected Status for Haitians and Syrians.

Mamdani said the city would not turn its back on TPS holders and called the decision cruel. City Hall said the Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs will share additional information and resources for affected residents.

The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 to let the administration end TPS protections for about 350,000 Haitians and about 6,000 Syrians living in the United States. The ruling removes a major legal barrier to ending the protections.

City response

Mamdani tied the city’s refusal to New York’s sanctuary rules and a February executive order that strengthened those protections. He said New York is home to immigrant New Yorkers and should not help carry out the ruling against TPS holders.

The move is aimed at reassuring Haitian and Syrian residents in the city as the federal policy shift takes effect.

Why it matters

TPS allows people from countries facing war, disaster or other unsafe conditions to live and work in the United States temporarily. Haitians have had TPS since 2010, after the Haiti earthquake, and Syrians since 2012, because of the civil war.

New York City has one of the country’s largest Haitian communities and a sizable Syrian community, so the ruling could affect residents already facing uncertainty about their status.

What comes next

City Hall is expected to provide more guidance for TPS holders. Federal immigration enforcement and legal challenges may intensify as the ruling is implemented, while immigrant advocacy groups are likely to press for more state and local protections.