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Edward Markey: “The court failed a test of morality. It slammed the doors of…”

Featuring: Edward Markey, Democratic | U.S. Senate Massachusetts

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I'm live on the Senate Floor to urge passage of my Haiti TPS bill. We must protect Haiti TPS.

Published | Video Starts at 02:15

But last month the Supreme Court delivered a devastating ruling in the case. The far right justices greenlit the Trump administration's unlawful racist termination for TPS for Haiti and for Syria. The court failed a test of morality. It slammed the doors of justice in the face of more than a million TPS holders, including 45,000 Haitian TPS holders in Massachusetts. It is an outrage. It is a travesty. And for years Donald Trump has demonized and attacked Haitian TPS holders. Trump has spewed racist, cruel lies about Haitians. (02:15–02:30)

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Asserts that the Supreme Court's decision negatively impacted over a million TPS holders, including 45,000 in Massachusetts.

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