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Know This Now, June 26, 2026: LiveNOW Fox: Following Supreme Court TPS Ruling Thursday, ABIC Action, Employers, Senior Care and Advocates Raise Alarms

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LiveNOW Fox: Following Supreme Court TPS Ruling Thursday, ABIC Action, Employers, Senior Care and Advocates Raise Alarms 

The responsibility for the resulting disruptions to senior care and the economy will rest with the Trump administration and the Republican-controlled Congress


The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Thursday the Trump administration can move forward with removing deportation protections from Temporary Protected Status (TPS) holders from Haiti and Syria. 

ABIC CEO Rebecca Shi spoke to Fox News this morning about the immediate implications of this decision: 

Speakers at an ABIC Action press conference held in the wake of the ruling warned of serious consequences for businesses, workers, families, and senior care providers.

Read coverage of the press conference at CNN and McKnight’s Senior Living, watch the full press conference here, and watch highlights from the speakers on ABIC Action’s Facebook and Tiktok.

“Unless TPS is extended immediately, the responsibility for these disruptions to senior care will rest with the Trump administration and the Republican-controlled Congress, as American seniors and their families face the sudden loss of beloved caregivers who have bathed them, fed them, and kept them company for years,” said Rebecca Shi, CEO of American Business Immigration Coalition Action. “The administration must reinstate TPS protections, and Congress must urgently act to protect this hardworking, skilled, and vital workforce.”

The approximately 1.3 million TPS holders currently in the U.S. are vetted immigrants who arrived through legal pathways and hold valid work permits. TPS workers are essential to the U.S. economy: they are caregivers, construction workers, hospitality employees, small business owners, taxpayers, parents, and neighbors.

“Foreign-born workers are the steel scaffolding of the nation’s aging services workforce,” said Linda Couch, Senior Vice President of Public Policy at LeadingAge:


“Today’s ruling is sad, dreadful, and deeply upsetting for seniors living in communities like mine,” said Rita Siebenaler, a resident at Goodwin House Bailey’s Crossroads in Virginia. Watch highlights of her remarks:

“[O]lder adults who will need support in the years ahead may not receive the care they need…we need more caring hands, not fewer. For the sake of our country and the needs ahead of us, we can and must do better,” said Rob Liebreich, President & CEO of Goodwin Living in Washington, D.C.

“We already have a workforce shortage, and we need to consider what this means not only for the industries most affected, but for every service that families and businesses rely on,” said Lourdes Leon of the Central Florida Hispanic Chamber of Commerce.

“I am here as a TPS recipient from El Salvador who has lived in the United States for 28 years,” said Jose Palma of the National TPS Alliance. “People with TPS have lived and worked here with documentation for decades, and now the government is telling them to pack everything and leave in 60 days. That is not fair to immigrant families, it is not fair to employers, and it is not fair to the United States.”

For more response and analysis of the ruling check out:

More Battles in the Courts This Week:

Reuters: Supreme Court Sides With Trump In Asylum-Processing Case

SCOTUS handed the administration a second immigration-policy victory on Thursday by backing the government’s authority to turn away asylum seekers from U.S.-Mexico border crossings. This “metering” allows U.S. immigration officials to stop asylum seekers at the border and indefinitely decline to process their claims.

AP News: Immigration Case Dealing With Green Card Holders, Supreme Court Sides With Trump Administration

The Supreme Court ruled in favor of the Trump administration Tuesday in a case involving a green card holder accused of a crime, now giving immigration officials larger authority to place lawful permanent residents into removal proceedings before a conviction. This decision could make it easier to revoke green cards and deport legal residents of the U.S.

NPR: Appeals Court Allows Trump Administration Expanded Use of Speedy Deportations

A federal appeals court allowed the Trump administration to continue its fast-track deportations of certain undocumented immigrants nationwide without a hearing before a judge. This ruling reimplements a significant tool in the administration’s deportation agenda, and increases the chances of wrongful deportations.

More from the ABIC Network:

DACA renewal delays fuel worries Trump is quietly undermining ‘Dreamers’

Politico reported on growing concerns from lawmakers, immigration advocates, and business leaders that prolonged USCIS processing delays are leaving DACA recipients without renewed work authorization for months. 

Bipartisan concern was expressed from Sen. Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) and Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar (R-Fla.), who warned the delays are leaving Dreamers “stuck in legal limbo, unable to participate in the workforce.” 

Politico featured the letter organized by the American Business Immigration Coalition (ABIC), signed by more than 130 CEOs and business leaders, urging the administration to address the growing renewal backlog and provide permanent protections for Dreamers.

Straight Arrow News reported that DACA renewal processing times have increased from the typical one to three months to as long as six months, and highlighted ABIC’s calls to “expedite delayed renewals, halt deportations of DACA holders, and pass legislation providing permanent protections for Dreamers.”

American Community Media highlighted the human and economic impact of delayed DACA renewals through the story of an emergency room physician who lost his work authorization despite filing his renewal application on time. The article also spotlighted ABIC’s advocacy and coalition of more than 1,700 employers calling on the administration to address the growing renewal backlog.

ABIC CEO Rebecca Shi was quoted: “The administration is quietly but deliberately forcing highly vetted, highly skilled, and long-term DACA holders out of the workforce. This is not only cruel, but it hurts American businesses and drives up prices for everyday Americans.

Trump Admin Eases Visa Rules for Immigrant Workers in Dairy Industry

The Trump administration announced new guidance allowing some dairy operations to participate in the H-2A visa program if they can demonstrate temporary or seasonal labor needs, offering limited flexibility for an industry that has long struggled to access the program.

Previous practice excluded dairy farms’ applications by default because dairy work is year round, not seasonal, James O’Neil, director of legislative affairs at the American Business Immigration Coalition told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

“I think this administrative shift demonstrates very clearly that the president understands how important immigrant labor is to the agriculture sector,” O’Neil said. “Our hope is that this trend of expanded access can continue.”

Newsweek reported the guidance does not create a new visa category or change existing immigration law. Instead, it expands the scope of how the H-2A program can be applied to certain dairy operations while preserving its temporary and seasonal requirements, leaving the industry’s broader need for year-round workforce solutions unresolved.

News Briefing:

The Conversation: In Deep‑Red Idaho, Even Republicans Break with Trump on Farm Labor

Recent immigration enforcement actions have contributed to an estimated 3 million immigrants leaving the country since the start of the second Trump administration, leading to the first decline in the U.S. immigrant population since the 1960s. The impacts are already being felt in agriculture, where 86% of farmworkers are foreign-born, and roughly 45% are undocumented.

Between March and July of last year, the agricultural workforce declined by 7%, with farms across the country reporting labor shortages. In Idaho, where agriculture accounts for approximately 20% of the state’s GDP, and the state ranks as the nation’s fourth-largest milk producer, immigrants play an especially critical role. An estimated 90% of Idaho dairy workers are foreign-born.

Despite Idaho’s strong support for President Trump in the 2024 election, recent polling found that 85% of respondents supported allowing dairy workers and their families who have lived in Idaho for more than 10 years to remain in the country, while only 9% opposed. More than half of respondents also said increased ICE presence would harm the state’s economy. 

The Guardian: Lives of Nurses and Patients Upended by Trump Migrant Crackdown

The Trump administration’s rollback of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) and other humanitarian parole programs is deepening workforce shortages across the healthcare sector by stripping work authorization from immigrants who fill essential roles. Notably, one in six hospital workers involved in direct patient care is an immigrant, while approximately 4% of hospital workers are noncitizens, making them difficult to replace amid existing staffing shortages. 

Healthcare leaders warned that the loss of these workers threatens patient care, increases pressure on remaining staff, and further strains an already fragile healthcare system.

Kimberly Pierce Burke, executive director of the Alliance of Independent Academic Medical Centers, said restricting immigration pathways does not reduce the need for healthcare workers. “Patients continue to come to hospitals and nursing homes, except now there is a shortage of people who can attend to their needs,” said Burke.

WGBH: Lawmakers Push SBA to Rescind Ban on Loans to Immigrants

More than 60 Massachusetts state legislators are urging the Small Business Administration (SBA) to rescind its policy restricting lawfully present immigrants from accessing SBA-backed loans. The policy, first issued in March 2025, barred refugees, asylees, visa holders, and other noncitizens from SBA financing. In March 2026, the administration expanded the restrictions to include green card holders in several SBA loan programs.

n a letter to SBA Administrator Kelly Loeffler, they wrote, “By disallowing some of the most entrepreneurial members of our community from accessing the capital resources that may make the difference between success and closure, we are not only hurting families and communities but stunting the growth of our economy.” 

An analysis by the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship found that 237 SBA loans to green card holders in Massachusetts supported nearly $100 million in investment and approximately 1,100 jobs during fiscal year 2025.

Business owners also warned that the policy will make it harder for immigrant-owned businesses to grow, hire workers, and invest in their communities. 

Perspectives:

WSJ Opinion: America’s Immigrant Soccer Team

The Wall Street Journal editorial board argues that “the success of the U.S. men’s national soccer team in this year’s World Cup is the product in part of America’s historically welcoming immigration system and automatic grant of birthright citizenship to children born in the U.S.”

They highlight how immigration has expanded the nation’s talent pool, noting that one-quarter of the U.S. roster was born outside the United States, while many other players are first- or second-generation Americans with family roots in countries including Ghana, Liberia, Mexico, Croatia, and Nigeria. Accordingly, the team’s success reflects the broader contributions of immigrant families, demonstrating how birthright citizenship has enabled the children of immigrants to fully participate in and represent the United States.

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