The Supreme Court is allowing the Trump administration to cancel temporary protections for nearly 350,000 Venezuelans, according to The Washington Post.
The temporary protection status was allowing Venezuelans to remain in the United States for humanitarian reasons.
It was created under President Joe Biden because the economic and political turmoil at the time made it too risky to deport migrants back to their home country.
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According to the Post, “The homeland security secretary can designate immigrant groups for protected status if natural disasters, armed conflict, or other extraordinary-but temporary—conditions raise fears for migrants’ safety if they are returned to their homelands. The program is intended to end when conditions improve.”
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi L. Noem rescinded it in February.
A federal judge in Northern California paused the rescinding of TPS, ruling that the cancellation of protected status violated procedural rules and was probably sparked by racial animus.
According to the Post, “Without the Biden extension, the protections were set to end for some migrants in April and others in September.”