Mamdani says he will not enforce Supreme Court's TPS ruling on Haitians, Syrians

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani said Thursday that he will not enforce the Supreme Court's ruling that ends deportation protections for Syrian and Haitian migrants.

In a majority opinion authored by Justice Samuel Alito earlier in the day, the Court held that the challengers—Temporary Protected Status beneficiaries from Syria and Haiti—were not entitled to interim relief blocking the termination of their TPS designations. 

The high court concluded that the TPS statute limits judicial review of non-constitutional claims and prevents courts from second-guessing the Department of Homeland Security's TPS termination decisions on those grounds. 

“To have people who frankly taught the world about freedom have their own freedom put into jeopardy by the actions of a Supreme Court and federal administration — it is not only cruel, it’s not something we will ever accept,” Mamdani said in a video message. 

Mamdani also accused the Supreme Court, in a separate statement, of indirectly allowing one of the "largest attacks against immigrants in modern American history" to take place, according to the New York Post.

“This decision will cause enormous pain across the five boroughs," Mamdani said. "Here in New York, it falls hardest on our Haitian community, one of the largest in the country, alongside Syrian families.

“To the tens of thousands of New Yorkers with TPS who are watching the news, frightened about what comes next, hear me clearly: New York City is your home," he continued. "You belong here. We will not turn our backs on you.”

The mayor's office added that it will release resources for migrant families soon, and the city's sanctuary laws already prevent local law enforcement from enforcing federal immigration laws and operations, or cooperating with ICE.

Misty Severi is a news reporter for Just The News. You can follow her on X for more coverage.