Despite Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem's decision in February to end the Biden-era extension of the plan, a federal judge on Friday blocked the Trump administration's temporary protective status in the U.S. about 5,000 Venezuelans.

San Francisco's U.S. District Judge Edward E. Chen ruled Friday that thousands of Venezuelans who received paperwork within a brief period earlier this year could retain their protected identities. That period began when then-National Security Minister Alejandro Mayorkas expanded the Venezuelan status in January and terminated Noem in February.

Chen wrote that if their paperwork has a protective status at the end of October 2026, Venezuelans should not be eligible for deportation when the case is ongoing.

The National TPS Alliance and the Department of Homeland Security did not immediately respond to NBC News' request for comment on Friday's order.

This is the latest decision in the legal legend that could affect about 350,000 Venezuelans who were granted temporary rights to live and work in the United States in 2023

Shortly after the new president was founded, the Noim and the Trump administration deprived Venezuelans of protected status, and the Noim and the Trump administration deprived the Department of Homeland Security prosecution.

In the lawsuit, the plaintiff in the case alleged that Neum's decision was racially discriminatory and violated legal proceedings.

They also cite Mayorkas' decision on the Biden Administration's decline date to expand the temporary protection status of Venezuelans until October 2026.

The Trump administration demands the Supreme Court intervened after a federal judge oversees the case blocking President Donald Trump and his administration terminated the protected status of Venezuelans when the court case was made. Earlier this month, the U.S. Supreme Court allowed the Trump administration to revoke the Venezuelans’ TPS, despite the ongoing cases.

Action taken by the Trump administration has ended the legal status of Venezuelans under the TPS, driven by wider mass deportations. Since the second Trump administration began in January, the administration has detained and deported tens of thousands of undocumented immigrants.

Other deportation attempts have also raised legal challenges, such as the case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia in Maryland, which the government admitted was wrongly expelled from El Salvador.