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In Summary Order, SCOTUS Backs Trump Administration, Strips Protections from 350,000 Venezuelan TPS Holders

350,000 Venezuelans lose legal status and work permits, are at risk of deportation

May 19, 2025

ACLU Statement Condemns Newsom’s Call to Ban Encampments

Displacing unhoused people is cruel and counterproductive.

May 13, 2025

Government Requests Supreme Court Stay in NTPSA v. Noem

Trump administration effort continues to strip humanitarian rights from 350,000 TPS beneficiaries

May 1, 2025

Court Bars Border Patrol’s Unlawful Stop-and-Arrest Practices

Preliminary injunction applies to future Border Patrol operations in the Eastern District of California

April 29, 2025

Federal Court Denies Government Request to Stay Order Ensuring Continuing TPS Humanitarian Protection for 350,000 Venezuelans

SAN FRANCISCO, CA – A federal court of appeals today denied the government’s request for a stay of a district court order preventing the federal government from stripping Temporary Protected Status from Venezuelans while the case moves forward.  

April 18, 2025

Federal Court Blocks Trump Administration’s Termination of TPS for Hundreds of Thousands of Migrants from Venezuela

Protections for Venezuelans to remain in effect pending a final decision in the case

SAN FRANCISCO - A federal court today blocked the federal government’s attempt to strip Venezuelans of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) while the case moves forward.

March 31, 2025