President Donald Trump’s administration has illegally ended protection against deportation for nationals of Haiti and Venezuela, according to a new lawsuit.
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) ending Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans and moving to end the protection for numerous Haitians violates federal law, immigrant advocate groups said in the March 3 suit, which was lodged in federal court in Massachusetts.
Under TPS, the homeland security secretary can shield certain immigrants from deportation if the secretary concludes that temporary and extraordinary conditions in the individuals’ home countries prevent their safe return.
DHS Secretary Kristi Noem chose in February to remove TPS status for some 348,000 Venezuelans because she determined that keeping the protection in place is contrary to the United States’ interest….