U.S. District Court Judge Edward Chen has blocked the Trump administration from revoking the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) of hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans.
“At issue is whether this Court should temporarily postpone actions by Kristi Noem, Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, taken against over 600,000 Venezuelan nationals who have legal status to reside and work temporarily in the United States,” the filing says. “The Secretary’s actions will shortly strip nearly 350,000 of these residents of their protection under the Temporary Protected Status (‘TPS’) program, subjecting them to possible imminent deportation back to Venezuela.”
“The Court finds that the Secretary’s action threatens to: inflict irreparable harm on hundreds of thousands of persons whose lives, families, and livelihoods will be severely disrupted, cost the United States billions in economic activity, and injure public health and safety in communities throughout the United States,” Chen wrote. “At the same time, the government has failed to identify any real countervailing harm in continuing TPS for Venezuelan beneficiaries. Plaintiffs have also shown they will likely succeed in demonstrating that the actions taken by the Secretary are unauthorized by law, arbitrary and capricious, and motivated by unconstitutional animus.”
Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy and Homeland Security Advisor Stephen Miller condemned the decision on X, writing, “This is what we mean by judicial tyranny. Biden mass imported illegals from Venezuela, including criminals, gave them welfare and social security numbers. President Trump won an election promising to end the invasion. A rogue marxist judge just ordered Biden’s amnesty continued.”
The Trump administration announced the termination of TPS for approximately 348,000 Venezuelans residing in the United States in February.
