The Supreme Court allowed Monday that the Trump administration terminated the temporary protected state of approximately 350,000 Venezuelans who were protected from deportation and allowed working in the United States.
The court approved the emergency application of the administration to lift the order of a lower court that prevented him from finishing the protections while other legal procedures continue.
In their application to the Superior Court, lawyers representing the Government had said that the United States District Court for the Northern District of California undermined “the inherent powers of the Executive Branch regarding immigration and foreign affairs”, when it stopped the administration of protections and work permits in April 2025 in opposition to the original date in October 2026.
A spokesman for the National Security Department described the decision of the Court as “victory for the American people and the security of our communities.”
The Supreme Court is seen in Washington, on November 2, 2024.
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“The Biden Administration exploded probation programs to allow poorly examined migrants to this country, from members of MS-13 gangs to known terrorists and murderers. The Trump administration is reinstitutionaling integrity into our immigration system to keep our homeland and their people safe,” they added.
Ahilan Alanaantham, who represents the headlines of TPS in the case, said he believes that this is “the largest individual action that arouses any group of non -citizens of immigration status in the modern history of the United States.”
“This is the largest individual action that strips any group of non -citizens of the state of immigration in the modern history of the United States. That the Supreme Court authorized this action in a two -paragraph order without reasoning is really shocking,” said Arulanantham. “The humanitarian and economic impact of the Court’s decision will be immediately felt and will reverberate for generations.”
The decision leaves hundreds of thousands of Venezuelan immigrants who participated in the legal process of requesting and then receiving TPS asking if they are legally in the country and if they can enter the work tomorrow.
The lawyers who represent them are so perplexed. The decision of three paragraphs of the Supreme Court did not explain why or when the administration can begin to retreat.
That means that, for now, the question of when to start deporting Venezuelan TPS holders may be at the discretion of the government.
“I believe that the immediate impact of the decision unfortunately is not clear, because the court does not explain almost anything in its order. Definitely, a reading of the decision is that the 350,000 headquarters of Venezuelan TPS of the 2023 cohort have just lost their status and employment authorization at this time,” said Arulanaantham during the afternoon of the press conference.
It is also possible that TPS holders have protection for a few more days, but the Supreme Court did not make it clear, which led Arulanantham to exploit their decision as “insensitive.”
“That lack of clarity only emphasizes how insensitive the Supreme Court was in the treatment of this problem. If you are going to make decisions that affect the lives of so many people, at least you owe the world and they explain what you are doing and when it will come into force,” he said.
Days before leaving office, the Biden administration announced an 18 -month extension of TPS benefits for Venezuelans who obtained status in 2023. He had created a protected status for Venezuelans, in part, because the conditions in Venezuela under President Nicolás Maduro made risky migrants there.
But three days after being confirmed in February, the DDHS secretary, Kristi Noem, annulled the decision.
In its demand, the TPS National Alliance and seven Venezuelan nationals accused Noem’s decision to vacate the extension “at least partly by racial mood” towards Venezuelans. The lawsuit states that Noem has repeatedly called Venezuelans “Dirtbags” and gang members during news interviews.
Today’s ruling stops the order of a district court that temporarily prohibited the administration from putting an end to the benefits of TPS Venezuela before the deadline implemented by the Biden Administration.
The ruling could have great repercussions for hundreds of thousands of other people. At this time, the termination of TPS DHS for Haiti, Cameroon and Afghanistan is being challenged in courts throughout the country with arguments similar to those of Venezuela.
