Court rejects Trump bid to end Venezuelan migrants' legal status
Source: Reuters
April 18, 2025 2:23 PM EDT Updated 3 hours ago
April 18 (Reuters) - A federal appeals court rejected on Friday a request by U.S. President Donald Trump's administration to allow it to move forward with stripping temporary legal protections for about 350,000 Venezuelan migrants, exposing them to imminent deportation.
The San Francisco-based 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals declined to pause a lower-court judge's March 31 order halting Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem's decision to terminate the temporary status that was granted to some Venezuelans. A three-judge panel of the court said the Trump administration had not shown it would suffer irreparable harm if the lower court ruling stands pending its appeal.
The move to end Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Venezuelans is part of Trump's broader immigration crackdown, and Friday's decision marks the latest legal setback for his agenda. A judge in a separate case has said Trump administration officials could face criminal contempt charges for violating his order halting deportations of alleged members of a Venezuelan gang.
TPS is available to people whose home country has experienced a natural disaster, armed conflict or other extraordinary event. The 9th Circuit's decision came in a lawsuit filed by several Venezuelans living in the U.S. and the National TPS Alliance, which advocates for immigrants who have been granted temporary protected status. The group and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
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