Geoff Pipoly shares insight on TPS holders with Newsweek

Geoff Pipoly, a partner in BCLP's Appellate and Supreme Court Group, recently spoke with Newsweek about Temporary Protected Status (TPS) holders and their options for more durable immigration status following the Supreme Court’s ruling in Mullin v. Doe. In Doe, the Supreme Court held that there is no judicial remedy for an unlawful termination of a TPS designation—so the termination of Haiti’s and Syria’s TPS designations were not judicially reviewable.

On CNN's "State of the Union," Secretary of Homeland Security Markwayne Mullin said that following Doe, TPS holders could apply for a temporary visa, a permanent residence or DHS would offer them a plane ticket plus roughly $2,100 to help re-establishment efforts.

In the article, Geoff responded to Secretary Mullin’s statements, explaining why they are incorrect. Geoff explained that the options available to TPS holders are in reality extremely limited, and that returning to the U.S. after accepting the government's offer would be difficult-to-impossible.

"The pathways are incredibly narrow, so narrow as [to] be practically unavailable to the overwhelming majority of TPS holders," Geoff said to Newsweek regarding odds of approval for permanent residency. "The money that is being offered is simply to depart the country, with no [realistic] possibility of return." He also said that he is "not aware of any case in which an immigrant has actually received the compensation the government claims it is giving people."