AG Brown issued the following statement after the Supreme Court of the United States issued a decision in Mullin v. Doe and Trump v. Miot, consolidated cases addressing whether Haitian and Syrian nationals living and working legally in the United States as holders of Temporary Protected Status are entitled to court orders pausing the Trump administration’s termination of their status while this case proceeds.

“Today’s decision is a blow to thousands of Marylanders who teach our children, staff our hospitals, and drive our economy. These Haitian and Syrian immigrants have built their lives in Maryland. Because of this ruling, the Trump Administration is now free to send them back to countries that our own State Department has designated too dangerous to visit. Worse yet, the decision opens the door for the Administration to attempt to deport immigrant Marylanders from more than a dozen other countries who benefit from a policy that has been legal since 1990.

Maryland will lose workers, communities will be destabilized, and children will be separated from their parents, all because of this cruel decision to end policies that have benefitted Maryland communities for decades. Our Office stands with all Marylanders who call this State home.” -AG Brown