On October 20, 2025, on behalf of seven Syrian nationals, Van Der Hout LLP, the International Refugee Assistance Project (IRAP), and Muslim Advocates (MA) filed a class action lawsuit in federal court in New York City challenging DHS’s termination of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Syrians. The termination is scheduled to go into effect on Friday, November 21, 2025.

The government’s decision to terminate Syria’s TPS designation places plaintiffs—as well as the over 6,100 Syrians with TPS—at imminent risk of losing the critical humanitarian protection that TPS provides. It also robs over 800 Syrian nationals who have pending applications for TPS. Should TPS for Syria be terminated, all Plaintiffs will face impossible choices: to uproot their lives yet again in search of a pathway to safety in a third country; to remain in the United States without lawful immigration status, at risk of imminent immigration detention and removal; or to relocate—some for the first time—to Syria, a country plagued by violent conflict, including air strikes, civil unrest, humanitarian crisis, and volatile country conditions.

The lawsuit, Dahlia Doe et al. v. Noem et al., No. 25-cv-08686 (S.D.N.Y.), seeks to vacate the decision to terminate TPS for Syria, because it: (1) violates the required procedures for terminating TPS; (2) is arbitrary and capricious; and (3) is part of the Trump Administration’s attempt to eliminate TPS for non-white countries.

As a class action lawsuit, the outcome could impact not just the seven named plaintiffs but the broader group of the 6,100 Syrians with TPS in the U.S., as well as over 800 Syrian nationals with pending TPS applications.

Oral argument on a motion to postpone the TPS termination date is scheduled for Monday, November 17, 2025.