Radio Cadena Agramonte emisiora de Camagüey
EE.UU, May 20. - The U.S. Supreme Court today gave President Donald Trump's government a victory by allowing it to end the Temporary Protection Status (TPS) that protects more than 300,000 Venezuelans from deportation.
Joe Biden's administration first awarded the TPS to citizens of that Central American nation in March 2021 and then expanded it in 2023.
Shortly before the end of his term, Biden renewed those protections for an additional 18 months and Monday's ruling applies to the appointment of two years ago.
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem decided to eliminate the TPS for those migrants, who will lose protection next week, but another 250,000 Venezuelans who entered the United States before 2023 will lose their status in September.
A major issue in the process was whether Noem had the authority to remove the TPS before it expired.
The Supreme Court's verdict serves seven Venezuelan citizens protected by the Status and a group representing others who challenged the measure.
The plaintiffs argued that the abrupt revocation of the protections by
Noem violated the Administrative Procedure Act and also said his decision was motivated by racial and political prejudice.
In late March, a California district court temporarily blocked the Homeland Security secretary's order, preventing the lifting of protections.
In 1990, Congress created the TPS program to allow the federal government to provide temporary protection for migrants from countries that endure natural disasters, wars and other conditions that would make it dangerous to return to their places of origin. (Text and Photo: Cubasí)
