AG Dave Yost joins other states, supports Trump’s termination of TPS for migrants
Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost joined a 22-state friend-of-the-court brief supporting the Trump administration’s decision to end temporary protected status for immigrants from specific countries.
“States are the frequent object of litigation, and the district courts’ approach in litigation relating to expiration and termination of Temporary Protected Status is deeply meaningful for the States,” the state officials wrote.
Among those countries was Haiti, according to the document.
“The amici States respectfully request that the Court reverse the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia’s injunction preventing the termination of Haiti’s TPS designation,” the document said.
Haitian immigrants, many of whom reside in Springfield, recently became the center of Ohio’s news outlets because President Donald Trump previously suggested that their TPS should be revoked and that they should be deported back to their country.
A federal judge who blocked Trump’s decision previously pointed out the hypocrisy of the current administration by writing in her ruling that the Department of State previously advised American citizens not to travel to Haiti due to “kidnapping, crime, terrorist activity, civil unrest, and limited health care.”
The legal battle continued after the Trump administration appealed the decision, which resulted in the U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington, D.C., denying the request. The U.S. Supreme Court then confirmed that it will take a look at the case.
The amici states argue in their brief that, under federal law, the U.S. Department of Justice’s decision to end temporary protected status is not reviewable by the courts, and that every state has the “uniform application of federal law and the finality of this Court’s mandates.”
“This Court should reverse the judgment of the D.C. Circuit and order dismissal for lack of subject matter jurisdiction,” the officials wrote in the brief.
A spokesperson for Yost did not immediately respond to Ohio.News’s request for comment. Yost also didn’t publish a press release or post anything on social media to indicate that he supported Trump’s attempts to deport Haitian immigrants.
Meanwhile, South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson published a press release on April 3, in which he publicly supported Trump’s decision.
“In a time where our nation faces significant security threats at home and abroad, the U.S. Attorney General should be able to operate within the law without federal judges overstepping their authority,” he wrote.
According to Wilson, the United States “is still grappling with four years of a wide-open border.”
“I applaud the Trump administration for taking seriously the need to protect our citizens by ensuring our immigration policies are not abused by those who could pose a serious threat to our national safety,” he wrote.
Among other states that shared the sentiment were Iowa, Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, and West Virginia.
