Judge blocks Trump administration from stripping deportation protections

1/4/2025 6:52

A U.S. judge on Monday blocked the Trump administration from stripping deportation protections for some Venezuelan immigrants.



In a case brought by the National TPS Alliance, a group that advocates for immigrants, U.S. District Judge Edward Chen in San Francisco paused Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem's decision to remove temporary protected status from hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans.



TPS is available to people whose home country has experienced a natural disaster, armed conflict or other extraordinary event.



In 2021, then-President Joe Biden's administration first granted TPS to Venezuelans, citing high levels of crime in Venezuela related to political and economic instability under President Nicolas Maduro.