Miami protesters support a resolution supporting the restoration of temporary protection status of Venezuelans on February 13, 2025. In early February, the Trump administration revoked the temporary protection status of about 350,000 Venezuelans who fled the country and immigrated to the United States. Joe Raedle/Getty Images Closed subtitles
The Supreme Court on Monday allowed the current plan to allow the Trump administration to protect them from deportation known as Temporary Protection Status (TPS) under a plan to eliminate legal protections for approximately 350,000 Venezuelans living in the United States.
The court's ruling allowed the Trump administration to end the TPS in the case to hear the appeal in the case, paving the way for possible deportation. A federal judge stopped the administration's TPS plan a week before the end of April 7, leading to an emergency application by the Trump administration to the U.S. Supreme Court.
The unsigned brief of the court did not specify the cause, which is common in emergency orders before the High Court. The court did say that Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson would deny the application.
By law, Secretary of Homeland Security Right to grant TPS Immigration in a particular country is provided if the conditions “temporarily prevent the safe return of the nationals of that country, or in some cases the country cannot adequately handle the return of its nationals”.
Conditions include ongoing armed conflict and environmental disasters. People with TPS cannot be removed from the United States and are allowed to obtain a work permit.
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has begun ending the 18-month TPS expansion granted by the Biden administration. Venezuelans affected by the move filed a lawsuit alleging procedural violations and racial bias.
Venezuelans at the U.S. TPS are divided into two buckets: those who received the initial designation of Venezuela for the Biden administration for TPS in 2021, and those who obtained the program when it expanded in 2023.
The Supreme Court's ruling applies to the immigration panel in 2023. Those who have gained protected status in 2021 are expected to be lost later this year when the Trump administration says plans to let the current plan expire.
Since 2014, about 8 million people have left Venezuela due to political persecution, violence, and lack of food and access to basic services. 2024 Nicolás Maduro Win his re-election In a game of opposition fraud. Maduro's troops arrested more than 2,000 people after protests nationwide, including More than 100 minors.
Secretary Nome once said: "Allowing Venezuelan nationals to stay in the United States temporarily is against the national interest of the United States." In February, Norm says Venezuela's conditions have improved Including “economy, public health and crime, allowing these nationals to return to their homeland safely”.
At the same time, the U.S. State Department continues to advise Americans not to travel to Venezuela, where the highest level of travel consultation is available. Reissue according to the consultation.