A federal appeals court blocked efforts to end temporary protected status for roughly 600,000 Venezuelan nationals, preserving their permission to live and work in the United States while legal challenges proceed. A three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals unanimously upheld a lower court injunction maintaining TPS for Venezuelans. The judges found that plaintiffs were likely to succeed on the claim that Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem lacked authority to vacate or set aside a prior TPS extension. The court determined that the governing statute written by Congress does not permit such an action. Then-President Joe Biden's administration had previously extended TPS for people from Venezuela.
SAN FRANCISCO -- A federal appeals court on Friday blocked President Donald Trump's plans to end protections for 600,000 people from Venezuela who have had permission to live and work in the United States, saying that plaintiffs are likely to win their claim that the Republican administration's actions were unlawful. A three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals unanimously upheld a lower court ruling that maintained temporary protected status for Venezuelans while TPS holders challenge actions by Trump's administration in court.
The 9th Circuit judges found that plaintiffs were likely to succeed on their claim that Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem had no authority to vacate or set aside a prior extension of temporary protected status because the governing statute written by Congress does not permit it. Then-President Joe Biden's Democratic administration had extended temporary protected status for people from Venezuela.
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