Citing security risks, the Trump administration had already suspended the entry of Haitians and Syrians into the United States and paused their applications for asylum. Now, the Supreme Court will decide whether the government can end temporary protections for hundreds of thousands of immigrants already here. A ruling in the administration’s favor following oral arguments in Mullin v. Doe , scheduled for Wednesday, could expose those immigrants to deportation to countries the U.S. government regards as extremely dangerous. The decision could carry implications for other protected groups as well. The safeguard under scrutiny is called Temporary Protected Status, which can be granted by the Secretary of Homeland Security to citizens of designated countries when it is considered unsafe to return. TPS offers access to work permits and protection against deportation – available only to immigrants already in the U.S. The status doesn’t offer a path to a green card or U.S.…