A federal appeals court on Aug. 29 blocked the Trump administration’s move to rescind the temporary protected status (TPS) that prevents 600,000 Venezuelans from being deported from the United States.
TPS is a designation that allows individuals from countries affected by armed conflict, natural disasters, or other extraordinary events to remain in the United States.
The new ruling affirmed U.S. District Judge Edward Chen’s order from March that held that the plaintiffs challenging the change in status would probably succeed at trial.
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem’s actions in rescinding the status “appear predicated on negative stereotypes casting class-wide aspersions on their character (insinuating they were released from Venezuelan prisons and mental health facilities and imposed huge financial burdens on local communities),” Chen said in his ruling at the time….