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Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez accused President Donald Trump of “betrayal” after the Supreme Court granted his administration two immigration awards involving Temporary Protected Status and asylum claims.
The Supreme Court on Thursday allowed the Trump administration to end Temporary Protected Status, or TPS, for Haitian and Syrian immigrants, paving the way for the administration to remove legal protections that have allowed many Haitians to live and work in the US since the 2010 Haiti earthquake and many Syrians since the country's civil war prompted the 2012 TPS designation.
Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., told Fox News Digital that the TPS decision targets the very same Trump supporters who were told they would not be central to his deportation agenda.
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“I think it's really sad because these decisions are aimed squarely at the kind of people that Republican voters say they don't want to be targeted by the Trump administration's immigration policy,” Ocasio-Cortez said.
US Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) speaks to members of the media as she casts her final votes of the week at the US Capitol Building on May 21, 2026 in Washington, DC. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)
He argued that the decision was “a reversal of President Trump's promise to only go after, quote unquote, criminals and rapists.”
“This decision to repeal TPS targets nurses, targets healthcare workers, targets domestic workers, cleaners, restaurant workers,” he said, calling it “a real betrayal of President Trump's promise.”
Ocasio-Cortez also said the decision would hurt American citizens by raising prices, making it harder to find workers, and tearing apart long-standing communities.
House Democratic Caucus Chairman Pete Aguilar, D-Calif., criticized Trump and Republicans over the asylum decision, saying the president is “repeatedly” attacking a process that has been part of US law for decades.
House Democratic Caucus Chairman Pete Aguilar, D-Calif. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)
“People are fleeing dire situations and they have the legal right to declare asylum,” Aguilar said.
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“Temporary Protected Status was always intended to be temporary,” White House Deputy Press Secretary Abigail Jackson said Thursday. “It was never intended to be a pathway to permanent status or citizenship…our asylum system, for years, has been abused and exploited by evildoers…this decision is the right step to eliminate our asylum system and ensure that people cannot enter our country who should not be here – and that people who are, should not be deported here.”
Asked what the Democrats' next step will be on TPS, Aguilar pointed to the law that Democrats forced in the House by issuing the petition.
“Democrats introduced legislation to bring certainty to that. It's sitting in the Senate,” Aguilar said. “We forced the request to be issued, and we succeeded because we believe in governance.”
Aguilar appeared to speak about legislation passed by the House aimed at extending TPS protections to Haitians.
Rep. Shomari Figures, D-Ala., said she hadn't read the full rulings but was “beyond the point of being surprised by almost any decision that comes out of the court.”
Congressman Shomari Figures, D-Ala., speaks at a press conference on health care with other members of the House Democratic caucus in front of the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on November 12, 2025. (Nathan Posner/Anadolu via Getty Images)
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Statistics have defended Haiti's TPS, citing natural disasters, political instability and violence.
“There's no country that I think has TPS built at its core that deserves what we're seeing in Haiti right now,” Figures said.
