UCLA Center's Lawsuit Temporarily Blocked End to Special Status for Venezuelan Immigrants

From the Bruin: A federal judge temporarily blocked the Trump administration March 31 from ending temporary protected status for Venezuelan migrants, in response to a lawsuit co-filed by the UCLA Center for Immigration Law and Policy. The Secretary of Homeland Security can assign a TPS designation to countries in cases such as when temporary conditions prevent the safe return of that country’s nationals, according to the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services website. 

Under TPS, those people can reside and work in the U.S. without threat of removal, according to the USCIS. The Biden administration announced Jan. 10 an 18-month extension to the 2023 designation of Venezuela for TPS. However, Kristi Noem – the Trump administration’s secretary of homeland security – annulled the TPS extension and announced that individuals who were granted TPS under the 2023 designation for Venezuela would no longer possess TPS after Monday...

Full story at https://dailybruin.com/2025/04/08/federal-judge-sides-with-joint-ucla-suit-to-block-end-to-venezuelans-protections.