Supreme Court Allows Trump To End TPS Protections For 350,000 Venezuelans

The Supreme Court has granted the Trump administration's request to end Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for approximately 350,000 Venezuelans, allowing the administration to move forward with plans that could lead to their deportation and loss of work authorization. This decision overturns a lower court's injunction that kept TPS protections in place and comes despite concerns from a federal judge that the move was based on negative stereotypes and could cause irreparable harm to affected families and the U.S. economy. Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson was the lone dissenter in the Supreme Court's order, which enables Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem's revocation of the Biden-era TPS extension for Venezuelans. The TPS program, established in 1990, provides temporary legal status and work permits to migrants from countries deemed unsafe due to war or disaster. While the Supreme Court's action exposes Venezuelans to potential deportation, it also sent related deportation cases back to lower courts for further review, maintaining some limits on rapid removals under older wartime statutes. The legal battle over the ultimate fate of Venezuelan TPS recipients continues, with significant implications for immigrant communities across the U.S.