A federal appeals court on Aug. 20 sided with the Trump administration by pausing a lower court order that preserved temporary protected status (TPS) for nationals of Honduras, Nicaragua, and Nepal.
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.
Migrant groups argued that the federal government’s decision to terminate the status ran afoul of the federal Administrative Procedure Act and the Fifth Amendment to the Constitution. The government, on the other hand, argued that extending the status for an estimated 60,000 foreign nationals from Honduras, Nicaragua, and Nepal would be contrary to U.S. foreign policy and national interests….