05/20/2025

SCOTUS Permits Trump to Cancel Protected Status for Venezuelans

This could directly impact the lives of nearly 350,000 Venezuelans

The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) on Monday allowed the Trump administration to cancel temporary protections that have allowed nearly 350,000 Venezuelans to remain in the United States for humanitarian reasons.

The Biden administration created the protected status for Venezuelans in 2021 and 2023, finding that economic and political turmoil under the regime of President Nicolás Maduro made it too risky to deport migrants back to their home country.

Officials approved a third extension of TPS in the waning days of Joe Biden's presidency that would have kept the protections in place through October 2026, but the Trump administration said the program was not in the "national interest."

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