Supreme Court clears the way for TPS rollback
The Supreme Court handed the Trump administration a 6-3 win this week, allowing it to move forward with ending Temporary Protected Status for hundreds of thousands of migrants from Haiti and Syria. The case involved 350,000 Haitians and 6,000 Syrians, and the ruling overturned a lower court block that had stopped the policy change. Justice Samuel Alito wrote the majority opinion, while the court’s three liberal justices, Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan, and Ketanji Brown Jackson, dissented. For once, the Constitution was not asked to stand on its head just to keep a policy in place because activists liked the result.
Thomas says the equal protection claim never had a leg to stand on
Justice Clarence Thomas joined the majority and wrote a separate concurrence that got attention fast. His key line was simple and sharp: “Even assuming jurisdiction, the equal protection claim fails for the additional reason that aliens have no equal protection rights against the federal government.” That is the kind of sentence that does not need a translator, a focus group, or three layers of legal fog machine smoke. Thomas cut straight to the point that immigration law belongs to the American government, not to open-border cheerleaders who want every enforcement move treated like a constitutional emergency.
Conservatives on social media loved it
The reaction online was immediate, with conservatives praising Thomas for saying what they believe judges should say more often. Some called the line bold and overdue, while others said it should be the baseline view for every GOP lawyer and politician. The praise centered on one idea: the federal government has the authority to decide who enters, who stays, and under what terms. That may sound obvious, but in today’s Washington, stating a basic fact can feel like a miracle worthy of a parade.
🚨 AWESOME! Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas is being praised nationwide for this BASED line in his opinion today supporting President Trump ending the migrant invasion:
"Aliens have NO EQUAL PROTECTION RIGHTS against the federal government."
Democrats' narrative busted.… pic.twitter.com/9bV8aDqoW1
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) June 25, 2026
JUSTICE THOMAS: “[A]liens have no equal protection rights against the Federal Government.”
This should be the baseline position for every single GOP politician and lawyer, and we should tolerate nothing less. pic.twitter.com/v7EOsof3nr
— Sean Davis (@seanmdav) June 25, 2026
— Cranky Veteran🇺🇸 (@AndyCazzola) June 25, 2026
Exactly. The federal government has to be able to decide who enters, who stays, and under what terms.
You don’t get full constitutional protection against deportation just because you made it across the border. Tf you think this is?
Citizens first. Always.
— KingAlex 🇺🇸 🏴☠️ (@0xKingAlex) June 25, 2026
There must be a way to clone Clarence Thomas and just have 9 Clarence Thomases be our Supreme Court.
— Homerpez (@Homerpezz) June 25, 2026
He is absolutely correct.
I don't see aliens, illegal aliens, or foreigners in the text of the 14th Amendment.
I see only born or naturalized. pic.twitter.com/NqAa9YthMD— Nathan Thompson (@truthprevials) June 25, 2026
Supreme Court justice Clarence Thomas reclaimed our language in yesterday's SCOTUS decision.
He said "aliens have no equal protections"! He didn't say undocumented.
He called them what they are in the eyes of the law. ALIENS!!! pic.twitter.com/sODTZV5aJk
— Barry Cunningham (@barrycunningham) June 26, 2026
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