Venezuelan Immigrants Urge Appeals Court to Restore Deportation Protections
The New York Times • • nation
Key Points:
- Immigrant rights lawyers urged the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals to uphold a district court order blocking the Trump administration from ending Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for about 600,000 Venezuelan immigrants in the U.S.
- Lawyers argued that many Venezuelan immigrants have lost jobs and businesses as TPS protections expired, with some facing detention, deportation, and family separations.
- The Justice Department requested the appeals court to overturn the district court ruling, citing two prior Supreme Court interventions favoring the Trump administration’s decision to end TPS.
- The Supreme Court had temporarily stayed the district court order in October, allowing the administration to continue its policy while lower court arguments proceed; the Ninth Circuit’s decision is expected to be appealed to the Supreme
