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5 min readThe Supreme Court handed President Trump two major immigration victories on Thursday, expanding executive power over who can stay in the country and who can even ask to enter. In a pair of 6-3 decisions, the conservative majority ruled that the administration can terminate temporary protected status for hundreds of thousands of Haitians and Syrians, and that asylum seekers who have not yet set foot on U.S. soil have no legal right to file a claim. The rulings came on the same day a devastating earthquake doublet struck Venezuela, killing at least 180 people, and a drone attack on a commercial vessel in the Strait of Hormuz threatened a fragile new ceasefire with Iran.
Supreme Court Expands Executive Power Over Immigration
The first case dealt with Temporary Protected Status (TPS), a program Congress created decades ago to let immigrants from countries deemed unsafe—due to war, natural disaster, or other "extraordinary and temporary conditions"—live and work in the United States legally. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, in President Trump's second term, rescinded TPS for Haiti and Syria on an "abrupt basis," affecting roughly 350,000 Haitians and 6,000 Syrians. The administration had also terminated TPS for several other countries.
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- 1 (00:25) **Supreme Court Backs Trump on Immigration** - The Supreme Court issues two major immigration rulings, expanding presidential control over who enters and stays in the U.S.
- 2 (12:20) **Venezuela Devastated by Back-to-Back Earthquakes** - Two major earthquakes, a 6.8 and a 7.5, strike Venezuela, causing catastrophic damage and killing at least 180 people.
- 3 (16:14) **Drone Strike Threatens Strait of Hormuz Ceasefire** - A drone strikes a commercial vessel in the Strait of Hormuz, potentially breaking the new ceasefire agreement between the U.S. and Iran.
- 4 (22:52) **One Last Thing: Electronics Prices Skyrocket Due to AI Demand** - Apple, Xbox, and other tech companies announce major price increases on computers and consoles, citing soaring costs for chips and rare earth minerals driven by AI data centers.
- 5 Standout Quotes
- 6 (04:05) "Why are we having people from blank countries coming here?" - President Trump, referring to Haiti and African countries with a profane slur.
- 7 (09:27) "The tragic story of European Jews who piled into a ship, sailed to the United States, and were turned away off the coast, sent back to Europe... and what the Supreme Court said yesterday is that could essentially happen again." - Devin Dwyer, on the implications of the asylum ruling.
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Show Notes
The Supreme Court sides with the Trump administration in a pair of high-profile immigration cases. Rescuers desperately search for survivors after a pair of earthquakes in Venezuela. And the Strait of Hormuz effectively shuts after an Iranian drone attack.
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