Appeals Court Says DHS Order to End Protections for Venezuelans in US Was Illegal

A U.S. appeals court on Jan. 28 ruled that the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS’s) move to end deportation protection for tens of thousands of Venezuelan nationals was illegal. A three-judge panel of the San Francisco-based Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a lower court ruling that found Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem overstepped her authority when she ended the temporary protected status (TPS) for Venezuelan nationals who were living in the United States. “Congress created TPS to provide stability, predictability, and a brief reprieve from deportation to qualifying citizens of designated countries. The catch: that reprieve is guaranteed for no more than 18 months at a time,” the order said, adding that DHS has “significant discretion and authority in designating, extending, and terminating a country’s TPS.”...