Kristi Noem, Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security | official website
On Friday, the Supreme Court of the United States approved an emergency request from the Trump administration to end Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for more than 300,000 Venezuelan nationals residing in the country. The decision came with a 6-3 vote and overturned earlier efforts by U.S. District Judge Edward Chen of the Northern District of California, who had twice attempted to halt the cancellation of TPS—once in March and again in September. Both attempts were ultimately reversed by the Supreme Court.
Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin commented on the outcome: “President Trump is restoring America's immigration system so that it actually benefits the U.S. citizen and today's Supreme Court victory is a win for the American people and commonsense. The American people should not have had to go to the Supreme Court twice to see justice done. Temporary Protected Status was always supposed to be just that: Temporary. Yet, previous administrations abused, exploited, and mangled TPS into a de facto amnesty program. Meanwhile, the Biden administration allowed millions of unvetted illegal aliens into our country exacerbating the issue and endangering all Americans. Now, that it’s clear the law and the American people are on our side, Secretary Noem will continue to use every tool at our disposal to prioritize the safety of all U.S. citizens.”
The recent ruling builds on previous legal actions taken by the Trump administration aimed at reducing or ending TPS protections for individuals from other countries such as Honduras, Nicaragua, and Nepal.
