The right flank of the Supreme Court allowed President Donald Trump to fire independent agency heads at a pair of key government institutions intended to be shielded from executive interference in an order released on Thursday.

The status allows people already in the United States to live and work legally because their native countries are deemed unsafe for return due to natural disaster or civil strife.

The Trump administration argued that courts can't stop the Homeland Security Department from abruptly ending a program for Venezuelan migrants.