Supreme Court Green Card Ruling: USCIS Issues TPS Guidance for 7 Countries After SCOTUS Decision

The U.S. Supreme Court's June 25, 2026 decision has triggered updated employer compliance guidance from both USCIS and E-Verify. The ruling permits the Department of Homeland Security to move forward with terminating Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Haiti and Syria, prompting a wave of interim guidance affecting seven countries in total. For all seven TPS-designated countries — Burma, Ethiopia, Haiti, Somalia, South Sudan, Syria, and Yemen — employers are instructed to use July 10, 2026, as the operative date for Form I-9 and E-Verify compliance purposes. This standardized date provides a uniform compliance framework while legal proceedings continue in lower courts. Critically, USCIS warns employers not to treat July 10 as an automatic expiration date for TPS-based employment authorization. For Haiti and Syria specifically, district court injunctions remain active, meaning TPS-based work authorization may continue past that date pending further judicial or agency action. Employers with TPS-holding employees should follow country-specific USCIS and E-Verify instructions, use July 10, 2026 for verification purposes as directed, and refrain from initiating reverification or termination actions until district court injunctions are formally lifted and DHS implements termination notices. Immigration attorneys and HR compliance teams should monitor USCIS and court announcements closely, as the legal landscape remains fluid. Premature adverse employment actions based on TPS expiration assumptions could expose employers to liability.