US Bishops' Migration Chair Bishop Cahill Urges President Trump to Consider Families Before Enforcing Departure after Supreme Court's TPS Decision - USCCB

On June 25, the Supreme Court issued two monumental decisions regarding immigration law, both greenlighting the actions of the Trump administration. In Mullin v. Al Otro Lado, the court affirmed the practice of "metering" at U.S. borders, which means that officers can turn back asylum seekers at U.S. ports of entry along the southern border, preventing them from lawfully seeking asylum and forcing them to remain outside the United States. In Mullin v. Doe, the court ruled to permit the Trump administration to strip Temporary Protected Status (TPS) from Haitian and Syrian nationals, a move that will impact at least 350,000 people, putting them at risk of immediate loss of employment and deportation. "The decisions are devastating for our clients, and for those of us who accompany vulnerable immigrants through the legal system," said Anna Gallagher, CLINIC's executive director. (Source: Catholic Legal Immigration Network)

The USCCB also responded to the decision: 

We Cannot Turn a Blind Eye to Injustice, Says Bishop Cahill

This week, the Trump Administration ultimately prevailed in a court challenge to its decision to end temporary protected status (TPS) for Haiti and Syria. Bishop Cahill, chairman of the Committee on Migration, issued the following statement in response...

June 26, 2026
WASHINGTON - This week, the Trump Administration ultimately prevailed in a court challenge to its decision to end temporary protected status (TPS) for Haiti and Syria. Bishop Brendan J. Cahill, chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ (USCCB) Committee on Migration, issued the following statement in response:

“Revoking the legal status of hundreds of thousands of people residing in our country creates a moral crisis when returning to their country of origin is not a safe or reasonable option. If we are truly to affirm the God-given dignity of every human person, we as a nation cannot turn a blind eye to such an injustice and the impossible choices it will create for families and communities.

“Even if the Administration determines TPS is no longer warranted, deferred enforced departure remains a tool available to the President, and we urge him to exercise right judgement in this way. Forcibly sending families to dire conditions is a legacy all leaders should seek to avoid. To that end, my brother bishops and I also continue to call upon Congress to act—to meet this moment with the moral fortitude that is so desperately needed.”

The USCCB’s Committee on Migration has encouraged recent bipartisan efforts in Congress to pass legislation that would require the Secretary of Homeland Security to extend Haiti’s TPS designation. In January, Bishop Cahill was also joined by his fellow chairman in calling on the Administration to extend TPS for Haitians.

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