"Even if the Government is likely to win on the merits, in our legal system, success takes time," Jackson wrote, "and the stay standards require more than anticipated victory. I would have denied the Government’s application because its harm-related showing is patently insufficient." ????? ???????  

Jackson, writing in opposition, accused the court's majority of callously "undervalu[ing] the devastating consequences of allowing the Government to precipitously upend the lives and livelihoods of nearly half a million noncitizens while their legal claims are pending. ????????????  

The high court's decision means the Trump administration can move forward with it's policy change even as the litigation continues in lower courts on the merits. ?????  

A number of migrants and immigrant advocacy groups sued over the move, alleging that federal law did not give DHS Secretary Kristi Noem discretion to categorically eliminate humanitarian protections -- only to do so on a case-by-case basis. A federal district court agreed. ????? ???????  

In March, the Department of Homeland Security revoked protections for migrants from five countries issued by the Biden administration. The agency gave them 30 days notice to leave the country unless they had legal protection under another program. ????????????