On Monday, a federal judge issued a decision to end a temporary injunction against the Trump administration and a Temporary Protection Status (TPS) for around 350,000 Venezuelans living in the United States.
According to a court application, U.S. District Judge Edward Chen in San Francisco has ordered a temporary suspension to end the Trump administration’s temporary legal protections to end the temporary legal protections of 350,000 Venezuelans. In his ruling, Chen said that TPS has broad meaning to the nation. He also said ending these protections could harm the US economy.
“The court finds that the secretary’s actions are threatening. It seriously disrupts life, family and livelihoods, costs billions of dollars for US economic activity, and irreparable harm to hundreds of thousands who hurt the public health and safety of communities across the US,” writes Chen.
Destruction: San Francisco federal judge Edward Chen blocked the Trump administration from ending TPS (temporary protected status) for 350,000 Venezuelans in the US. Their work permits and protections from removal are expected to end next week.
Judge Chen wrote:…
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“At the same time, the government failed to identify any genuine rebellious harm in continuing the TPS for the Venezuelan beneficiaries. The plaintiff also showed that the actions taken by the secretary are law, arbitrary voluntary and whimsical, making contradictory proposals on unconstitutional grounds, and therefore are likely to succeed in proving that the law, arbitrary voluntary and whimsical, as it is making contradictory proposals on unconstitutional grounds, and that it has been suing on unconstitutional grounds, and that it is likely to succeed in proving that the acts taken by the secretary are law, arbitrary voluntary and whimsical, and that it is a contradictory proposal on unconstitutional grounds. The merits of this case.”
Chen’s injunction means that as long as lawyers continue to sue the case, those Venezuelans could work in the United States and be protected from deportation.
My office and AG group are challenging the illegal early termination of Trump in temporary protected positions of Venezuelans.
The TPS program provides safety and stability for at-risk families.
This attempt to end the Venezuelan program is dangerous and needs to be stopped.
– New York AG James (@newyorkstateag) March 7, 2025
DHS secretary Kristi Noem defended her decision to end Venezuela’s TPS designation in February, citing national security concerns, saying that a member of the Tren de Aragua crime gang is one of the recipients of the Venezuela TPS. She argued that the termination was part of the Trump administration’s wider crackdown on illegal immigration. The TPS has exacerbated the border crisis, she said. NOEM argued that Venezuela’s improved situation, including lower crime rates, improved healthcare and improved economy, allowed safe benefits.
In early March, a coalition of Democrats, New York Attorney General Letitia James, and 17 state attorney generals, launched a legal challenge to the Trump administration’s move to end the TPS for Venezuelans. The group submitted an Amicus summary in federal court against the Department of Homeland Security’s decision in 2021 to end the extended protections to Venezuelan citizens. (Related: 20 Trump administrators to prevent recently employed bureaucrats from being fired)
Amicus Brief says that more than 600,000 Venezuelans in the US hold TPS. The Attorney General said that ending the TPS would result in irreparable harm by revoking legal rights of work and being deported.
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