WASHINGTON, D.C. — Rep. Seth Moulton, a Massachusetts Democrat, introduced legislation Monday that would overturn last week's Supreme Court ruling allowing the Trump administration to end Temporary Protected Status for hundreds of thousands of Haitian and Syrian nationals — and, ultimately, for as many as 1.3 million TPS holders from 17 countries.

In a 6-3 decision authored by Justice Samuel Alito and handed down last week, the Court held that the TPS statute "plainly bars consideration of TPS recipients' non-constitutional claims" — language interpreted to bar federal courts from reviewing the Secretary of Homeland Security's TPS termination decisions.

"America must protect those who have helped this nation flourish, regardless of their origin, nationality, or appearance," Moulton said in a statement. "Congress has a constitutional obligation to act, and I will keep fighting until we do. No administration should have unchecked and unreviewable power to uproot families and undermine our workforce."

Temporary Protected Status, created by Congress in 1990, grants humanitarian relief to foreign nationals from countries facing armed conflict, environmental disasters, or other extraordinary conditions. The Haitian designation was first granted in 2010, following the earthquake.

The Trump administration moved to terminate TPS designations for 13 of the 17 countries that held the designation at the start of the administration's second term. Approximately 330,000 Haitian nationals and 3,800 Syrian nationals are at risk of losing their status within a month of the Court's ruling, with additional terminations potentially affecting TPS holders from Lebanon, El Salvador, Sudan, and Ukraine, among other countries. The combined population at risk is approximately 1.3 million.

The TPS Relief Act has a single operative function: it amends the statute the Supreme Court interpreted in Mullin v. Doe to clarify that judicial review of TPS termination decisions is available on non-constitutional grounds. The bill does not prohibit the executive branch from terminating any TPS designation, nor does it extend any specific designation.

In practice, the bill would restore the legal mechanism — federal court review — by which TPS holders had repeatedly challenged Trump administration terminations in lower federal courts before the Supreme Court closed the door last week.

Moulton's office described the bill as the latest in a series of TPS-related actions taken by the congressman. He has previously signed a September 2025 letter, led by Sen. Elizabeth Warren, urging the Trump administration to reconsider TPS terminations; participated in a January 2026 field hearing in Mattapan with Haitian families and community advocates; signed Discharge Petition No. 15, sponsored by Rep. Ayanna Pressley, calling for a House vote on H.R. 1689 to extend Haitian TPS; and cosponsored a February 2026 amendment from Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz to protect Haitian and Venezuelan TPS recipients from arrest, detention, and deportation.

In his release, Moulton's office argued that ending TPS would "devastate health care facilities, nursing homes, factories, small businesses, and local economies," citing data that immigrants — particularly Haitian immigrants — constitute 32 to 40 percent of workers in home care settings.

The TPS Relief Act faces an uphill path in a Republican-controlled House and Senate. Moulton, a member of the Democratic minority, would need significant Republican support — or a procedural workaround such as a discharge petition — to advance the bill toward a floor vote.

The Trump administration has not publicly responded to the bill's introduction.