{"id":1539455,"date":"2025-06-02T17:45:00","date_gmt":"2025-06-02T21:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/?p=1539455"},"modified":"2025-06-02T17:45:00","modified_gmt":"2025-06-02T21:45:00","slug":"court-blocks-government-from-terminating-immigration-documents-of-5000-venezuelans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/court-blocks-government-from-terminating-immigration-documents-of-5000-venezuelans\/1539455\/","title":{"rendered":"Court Blocks Government From Terminating Immigration Documents Of 5,000 Venezuelans"},"content":{"rendered":"

Court Blocks Government From Terminating Immigration Documents Of 5,000 Venezuelans<\/span><\/p>\n

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Authored by Naveen Athrappully via The Epoch Times,<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

The federal government cannot invalidate immigration documents that allow roughly 5,000 Venezuelan nationals living in the United States to remain in the country until October 2026, a federal court in California ruled<\/a> on Friday.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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In February, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem terminated<\/a> Venezuela\u2019s 2023 designation for Temporary Protected Status (TPS), a temporary immigration status<\/a> granted when foreign nationals cannot return to their home countries due to safety concerns, such as ongoing armed conflict, environmental disasters, or epidemics.<\/p>\n

A TPS designation protects individuals from deportation and allows them to apply for authorization to work in the United States.<\/p>\n

The National TPS Alliance, representing TPS holders from across the United States, sued<\/a> the government, with a federal judge in California issuing an injunction in March blocking the termination of TPS for Venezuelans. On May 19, the U.S. Supreme Court lifted the injunction order, affirming Noem\u2019s decision.<\/p>\n

Plaintiffs then approached the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, asking for relief, specifically seeking that certain Venezuelans be allowed TPS protections, resulting in the May 30 court order<\/a> ruling in favor of the plaintiffs.<\/p>\n

The court observed that on Jan. 17, the Biden administration had extended the TPS designation for Venezuela from April 2 this year to Oct. 2, 2026. On Feb. 3, Noem vacated the extension. She then terminated Venezuela\u2019s 2023 TPS extension on Feb. 5. The termination came into effect on April 7.<\/p>\n

The plaintiffs asked the court to recognize the validity of TPS documentation issued following the Jan. 17 extension and maintain the rights of Venezuelans who received TPS documents that are valid until Oct. 2, 2026. They argued Noem exceeded her statutory authority when she canceled TPS documents on Feb. 3 even though the documents were valid until October next year.<\/p>\n

\u201cPlaintiffs\u2019 position is meritorious,\u201d the court said. \u201cNothing in the TPS statute allows the Secretary to take such action.\u201d<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Venezuelans who received documentation based on the Oct. 2, 2026, date are \u201cespecially likely to suffer irreparable injury\u201d since they have relied on such documentation to make their plans regarding staying in the United States, the court said.<\/p>\n

As such, the court granted relief to Venezuelans with TPS-related documentation issued up to and including Feb. 5, the date when Noem published the TPS termination notice.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe relief here would not extend to all Venezuelan TPS holders but rather a discrete subset\u2014somewhere in the neighborhood of 5,000 individuals in the government\u2019s estimation,\u201d<\/strong><\/em> the court said.<\/p>\n

Protecting National Interests<\/h2>\n

Noem\u2019s Feb. 5 order<\/a> ending the 2023 TPS designation for Venezuela said that such a step is necessary \u201cbecause it is contrary to the national interest to permit the Venezuelan nationals (or aliens having no nationality who last habitually resided in Venezuela) to remain temporarily in the United States.\u201d<\/p>\n

In the TPS statute, Congress \u201cexpressly prohibits\u201d the secretary of homeland security from designating a country for TPS or extending this designation if the secretary determines that \u201cpermitting the aliens to remain temporarily in the United States is contrary to the national interest of the United States,\u201d the order states.<\/p>\n

In an interview<\/a> with The Epoch Times, Ludmila Padrino, a U.S.-based lawyer who works closely with the Venezuelan immigrant community, said that many innocent Venezuelans were being penalized for a small group of individuals who have committed crimes.<\/p>\n

\u201cCompanies are sending out notifications that people have only a few days to continue working,\u201d she said. \u201cPeople can\u2019t renew their licenses. It\u2019s complicated, it\u2019s distressing. … The biggest challenge is supporting their families.\u201d<\/p>\n

The 2023 TPS designation applies to 350,000 Venezuelans living in the United States.<\/strong><\/p>\n

In an emailed statement to The Epoch Times, White House spokeswoman Abigail Jackson said the Trump administration\u2019s policies are justified because TPS is, \u201cby definition, temporary, and is committed to the discretion of the DHS Secretary.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cDistrict courts have no right to prevent the Executive Branch from enforcing our immigration laws,\u201d <\/strong><\/em>she said. \u201cThe Trump Administration will continue to deliver on the President\u2019s promises every day for the American people.\u201d<\/p>\n

The May 19 Supreme Court judgment affirming Noem\u2019s decision to cancel the 2023 Venezuela TPS designation is \u201can important inflection point in the ongoing saga of lawless lower court decisions that flout plain law and legislate from the bench,\u201d Jackson said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Tyler Durden<\/a><\/span>
\nMon, 06\/02\/2025 – 13:45<\/span><\/p>\n

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