Trump may end temporary protected status for 350,000 Venezuelans,
Supreme Court rules
The Supreme Court ruled Monday that the Trump administration may seek
to deport nearly 350,000 Venezuelans who were granted "temporary
protected status" under the Biden administration to live and work in
the United States.
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But it will end the legal protection for an estimated 350,000
Venezuelans who arrived by 2023 and could not return home because of
the "severe humanitarian" crisis created by the government of Nicolas
Maduro. An additional 250,000 Venezuelans who arrived by 2021 remain
protected until September.
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Last week, the State Department reissued an "extreme danger" travel
advisory for Venezuela, urging Americans to leave the country
immediately or to "prepare a will and designate appropriate insurance beneficiaries and/or power of attorney."
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Each of them "will have the ability to challenge on an individual
basis whether removal is proper -- or seek to stay, withhold or
otherwise obtain relief from any order of removal -- through ordinary" immigration courts, Sauer said.
Arulanantham said the effect will be substantial. Many of the
beneficiaries have no other protection from deportation. Some have
pending applications, such as for asylum. But immigration authorities
have begun detaining those with pending asylum claims. Others, who
entered within the last two years, could be subject to expedited
deportation.
Economic harm would be felt even more immediately, Arulanantham said.
Once work permits provided through TPS are invalidated, employers
would be forced to let workers go. That means families would be unable
to pay rent or feed their children, and economic losses would be felt
in communities across the country.
https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2025-05-19/supreme-court-rules-for-trump-to-end-temporary-protected-status-for-350-000-venezuelans
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