Washington, May 19 (EFE). – The United States Supreme Court on Monday allowed the US government to revoke the immigration program that granted temporary legal status to over 300,000 Venezuelans.
Lawyers for the government had asked the Supreme Court to overturn an order by a lower court in California against the decision to end the Temporary Protected Status, which allowed some Venezuelans in the US to live and work legally because in the US.
Solicitor General D. John Sauer had argued that TPS for Venezuela violated “the court’s order, which infringes on fundamental executive branch prerogatives and indefinitely delays sensitive policy decisions in an area of immigration.”
TPS is an immigration program istered by the Department of Homeland Security that provides protection from deportation and work authorization to people from countries experiencing severe humanitarian conditions or natural disasters.
In addition to designating Venezuela for TPS, the istration of former President Joe Biden (2021-2025) also created or expanded programs for Afghanistan, Cameroon, Haiti, and Ukraine.
The Venezuelan program is the largest, covering approximately 600,000 people through two separate designations; only the 2023 designation is at issue in the case before the Supreme Court.
Shortly after taking office on January 20 last year, President Donald Trump’s istration decided to end TPS for Venezuelans.
At the end of March, a federal judge in California decided to block the attempt to end TPS, claiming that the decision would harm those who have benefited from this protection and their families. EFE
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