The Trump administration on Tuesday asked a federal appeals court to block a lower court’s order directing the Trump administration to provide due process to scores of Venezuelan immigrants who were deported without hearings to El Salvador in March under a wartime law. The emergency request by the Justice Department, filed to the U.S. Court…
NEW YORK: Hundreds of Venezuelans deported from the United States to El Salvador under an 18th century wartime law must be given the chance to challenge their detentions, and the Trump administration must facilitate the legal challenges, a US judge ruled on Wednesday. US District Judge James Boasberg gave the Trump administration one week to…
A US federal judge has blocked the Trump administration from cancelling work permits and other legal documents issued to around 5,000 Venezuelans under the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) program. In a Friday night ruling, US District Judge Edward Chen said Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem likely overstepped her authority when she attempted to cancel documents…
The US Supreme Court allowed the Trump administration on Monday to end legal protections that have shielded some 350,000 Venezuelans from potential deportation.The top court granted a request by Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem to revoke temporary protected status (TPS) for the Venezuelans while an appeal proceeds in a lower court.The United States grants TPS…
President Donald Trump, on Monday afternoon, took to Truth Social to criticize the “ridiculous situation” following a Supreme Court ruling that paused deportations of Venezuelan detainees under the 1798 Alien Enemies Act. The court’s decision temporarily halts deportations of Venezuelans detained in northern Texas under this centuries-old wartime legislation. “I’m doing what I was elected…
El Salvador President Nayib Bukele on Sunday proposed sending 252 Venezuelans deported from the US and imprisoned in his country to Venezuela, in exchange for taking “political prisoners” held by Venezuela. In a post on X, Bukele asked that Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro hand over 252 “of the political prisoners you are holding,” under his…
US Attorney General Pam Bondi issued a warning to illegal immigrants after the Supreme Court gave the Trump administration the green light to resume deportation flights. The court decision lifted a temporary pause imposed by a judge appointed under the Obama administration. This is being considered a big victory for President Donald Trump’s push to…
WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump’s administration is ending protections that shielded roughly 350,000 Venezuelans from deportation, leaving them with two months before they lose their right to work in the U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem’s order affects 348,202 Venezuelans living in the U.S. with Temporary Protected Status (TPS) slated to expire in April. That’s about…
Trump targeted protected Venezuelans in the U.S. The Trump administration revoked Temporary Protected Status yesterday for more than 300,000 Venezuelans in the U.S., leaving the population vulnerable to potential deportation in the coming months. Those under T.P.S. from Venezuela who received the protections in 2023 will lose their temporary status 60 days after the government…