Haitian immigrants ask Supreme Court to toss case in light of new evidence

Members of the National TPS Alliance rally at the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., on April 29. The Supreme Court is examining the revocation of Temporary Protected Status for Haitian and Syrian migrants. Alex Wroblewski/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Alex Wroblewski/AFP via Getty Images Lawyers for Haitian immigrants filed a motion on Tuesday asking the Supreme Court to toss out the Trump administration's attempt to remove more than 330,000 Haitians from the U.S. The administration has repeatedly tried to deport Haitians who are living in the U.S. legally under Temporary Protected Status, or TPS. TPS was enacted by Congress in 1990 to protect people who cannot return to their home countries because their safety would be imperiled by civil unrest or natural disasters. In Haiti, an earthquake killed more than 200,000 people in 2010 and left the country with roving gangs , cholera epidemics and without a functioning government — conditions that persist today. The U.S. gave Haitians temporary protected status in 2010 , and the designation has been extended since. Now, a group of TPS recipients claim that the Trump administration failed to follow required legal processes before attempting to end those protections for Haitians. The Supreme Court, in an unusual move, agreed to hear the case before a lower federal appeals court had the opportunity to review it. …