Supreme Court Shifts Immigration Fight - 10/7/26

The Supreme Court signals that they have made a final decision on temporary protected status. The highest court indicated in a brief order that they will not consider further challenges to the Trump administration's efforts to terminate temporary protective status for hundreds of thousands of foreign nationals. The Supreme Court vacated or threw out a lower court ruling that had prevented the Department of Homeland Security from ending TPS for Venezuelan nationals. This is another win for the Trump administration. The court stated simply, the judgment is vacated, and the case is remanded to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit for consideration in light of Mullen v.

Doe. In June, the Supreme Court ruled in Mullen v. Doe that federal courts are statutorily barred from reviewing non-constitutional TPS determinations made by the Homeland Security Secretary. According to the Supreme Court, temporary means temporary. In other news, the Archdiocese of St. Louis is suing the Trump administration. For barring sacraments for ICE detainees. Today is also the Feast of Our Lady of the Rosary. It is on this day we celebrate the defeat of the Ottoman Empire in the Battle of Lepanto on October 7, 1571.

The Turkish forces were very powerful, but the Christians won due to the intercession of Mary and the prayer of the Most Holy Rosary. I'm Josh Mercer, editor of The Loop, taking you behind the headlines. Go to zeal.co for the rest of your day. And while you're at it, subscribe to get the loop in your inbox every morning. Again, that's zeal.co.