Federal judge postpones DHS attempt to end Venezuelans’ temporary protection status
US District Judge San Francisco, CaliforniaMonday granted an allegation to postpone the Trump administration’s attempt to end the Temporary Protection Status (TPS) of Venezuelans. This was granted under a program implemented by the Biden administration.
Ministry of Homeland Security (DHS) Chief Secretary Christa Noem announced the action three days after being promoted to her role in protecting nearly 350,000 Venezuelan citizens under the TPS programme.
The court said that Venezuelans stripped of their TPS status exposed Noem to “immediate deportation potential.”
The lawsuit will reverse the Biden administration’s efforts to expand temporary protections in Venezuelan countries that have been in effect since 2021.
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A group of Venezuelan immigrants cross the US tropical border and meet border patrols. (Fox News)
US District Judge Edward Chen San Francisco Federal Court “The court postponed the NOEM order on Monday saying it had determined that the secretary’s actions were threatening the following:
Chen also said the government was unable to identify “true offsetting harm” when continuing the TPS for Venezuelan beneficiaries.
“The plaintiff also showed that the actions taken by the secretary were fraudulent by law, highly likely to succeed in demonstrating that they were arbitrary, capricious and motivated by unconstitutional anise,” wrote Chen. “For these reasons, the court approves the request that the plaintiffs defer the challenged case, which holds a final award of merits in this case.”
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The National TPS Alliance, an organisation representing the US Temporary Protection Status (TPS), and Venezuelan individuals who have TPS, have challenged the Trump administration’s decision to end the TPS for Venezuelans in the US, claim that Noem’s actions are illegal and motivated by racial bias.
Venezuelan immigrants were allowed to fly directly to the US after applying from abroad under a policy launched during the Biden administration, designed to open Legal Transition Routehowever, President Donald Trump stopped the program when he took office in January.
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Venezuelan immigrants will walk after being deported from the United States in Caracas, Venezuela on March 24, 2025, and arrive on flight. (Reuters/Leonardo Fernandez Viloria)
Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, Venezuela Program, and CHNV have allowed immigrants and their close relatives to fly to the United States if they have American sponsors. They were then able to remain in the country for two years under a temporary immigration status known as parole. The program was first applied before Venezuelans expanded to additional countries.
Since taking office in January as part of his immigration agenda, Trump’s efforts to eliminate legal and illegal immigrants from the United States have faced many legal obstacles.
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The Trump administration is also reportedly dismantling DHS’s internal watchdog, including its office for civil rights and civil liberties, according to Bloomberg News.
Landon Mion of Fox News Digital contributed to this report.