Trump Notches Supreme Court Win Over Venezuelan Deportation Protections

The Supreme Court is allowing the Trump administration to end deportation protections for hundreds of thousands of Venezuelan migrants as the legal battle over the matter continues on.

In a major win for the Trump administration, the high court Monday granted its request to temporarily lift a lower court’s injunction that blocked the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) from revoking Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Venezuelan nationals. Liberal Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, a Biden appointee, was the only member to publicly dissent with the order.

The ruling will allow DHS to move forward with its intention to unwind TPS for roughly 300,000 Venezuelan nationals in the U.S., paving the way for them to be deported if they do not leave the country.

Created by Congress in 1990, TPS provides certain deportation protections and work eligibility to those who receive its designation, including those unlawfully in the U.S. Over the last few decades, various administrations have designated TPS for foreign nationals living stateside whose home countries are experiencing any number of situations that may make it dangerous for them to return, such as an ongoing military conflict or natural disaster.

Shortly after assuming office, DHS Secretary Kristi Noem announced she would be revoking a last-minute extension of TPS by the Biden administration, meaning these Venezuelan nationals would lose their deportation protection benefits by April 7. However, a California federal judge