Judge Temporarily Bars Trump Admin from Deporting Venezuelan Nationals
By Gabe Whisnant
Afederal judge on Monday temporarily blocked the Trump administration's plan to end temporary legal protections for hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans, just one week before those protections were set to expire.
U.S. District Judge Edward Chen, based in San Francisco, issued the nationwide order, offering a reprieve to roughly 350,000 Venezuelans whose Temporary Protected Status (TPS) was set to end on April 7. The ruling came in response to a lawsuit filed by the National TPS Alliance and TPS holders from across the country.
Demonstrators for TPS
Laura Kelley, Miami-Dade County Democratic Party Chair, (2nd L) joins with others to support a resolution in favor of reinstating temporary protected status for Venezuelans on February 13, 2025, in Miami, Florida. AFP/Getty Images
In addition, Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem recently announced plans to terminate TPS for an estimated 250,000 more Venezuelans in September.
Newsweek has reached out to DHS via email on Monday afternoon after comment.
In his decision, Judge Chen warned that Noem's actions "threaten to: inflict irreparable harm on hundreds of thousands of persons whose lives, families, and livelihoods will be severely disrupted, cost the United States billions in economic activity, and injure public health and safety in communities throughout the United States."
He added that the government had not shown any "real countervailing harm in continuing TPS for Venezuelan beneficiaries" and concluded that plaintiffs are likely to prove Noem's actions were "unauthorized by law, arbitrary and capricious, and motivated by unconstitutional animus."
Judge Chen, an Obama appointee, made clear that his order applies nationwide.
This is a developing news story and will be updated as more information is available.
Reporting by the Associated Press contributed to this story.
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