Cantwell Joins Colleagues in Filing Amicus Brief Challenging Trump Administration’s Unlawful Termination of Temporary Protected Status

04.27.26 Cantwell Joins Colleagues in Filing Amicus Brief Challenging Trump Administration’s Unlawful Termination of Temporary Protected Status ICYMI: Cantwell supports protected status for Washingtonians who fled armed conflict, natural disasters WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation and senior member of the Finance Committee, joined 25 senators and 157 representatives in filing an amicus brief in the U.S. Supreme Court in Miot v. Trump , a consolidated case challenging the Trump administration’s unlawful termination of Haiti and Syria Temporary Protected Status (TPS). The Court will hear oral arguments in the case next week, on Wednesday, April 29. Across Washington state, TPS protects approximately 18,065 people from deportation or removal. Nationwide, 330,735 Haitian nationals and 3,860 Syrian nationals have TPS. The Trump administration allowed TPS for Haitian nationals to expire on February 3, 2026. TPS for Syrian nationals expired on September 30, 2025. This case also has grave implications for all TPS holders. In the brief, the lawmakers urge the Court to preserve TPS protections, emphasizing the bipartisan support for TPS and the immense public interest served by TPS holders in Washington state and across the United States. The brief also highlights how the TPS statute was intended to provide safe haven to protect those fleeing violence abroad. Congress enacted TPS in 1990 to provide temporary protection to individuals unable to return to their home country due to armed conflict, natural disaster, or other extraordinary circumstances. The amicus brief is available HERE . Joining Sens. Cantwell on the brief in the Senate are Senators Edward Markey (D-MA), Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Angela Alsobrooks (D-MD), Michael Bennet (D-CO), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Cory Booker (D-NJ), Christopher A. Coons (D-DE), Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV), Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), Dick Durbin (D-IL), John Fetterman (D-PA), Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), John Hickenlooper (D-CO), Tim Kaine (D-VA), Mark Kelly (D-AZ), Andy Kim (D-NJ), Ben Ray Luján (D-NM), Alex Padilla (D-CA), Jack Reed (D-RI), Jacky Rosen (D-NV), Adam Schiff (D-CA), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Raphael Warnock (D-GA), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Peter Welch (D-VT), and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI). ### Print Email Tweet Next Article Previous Article