After the shootings of two National Guard members last week in Washington, DC, President Trump and federal officials announced new and forthcoming immigration restrictions that are to be imposed broadly on several groups of foreign nationals. Though in most cases…
The U.S. Supreme Court has granted a request from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to stay a district court decision that had reinstated the 2023 Venezuela Temporary Protected Status (TPS) designation through October 2, 2026. As a result, the 2023 designation is again…
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has denied a request from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to stay a district court decision that effectively reinstates the 2023 Venezuela Temporary Protected Status (TPS) designation through October 2, 2026. DHS is expected to continue seeking…
On September 5, a federal district court in California granted summary judgment in favor of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) plaintiffs on several claims challenging Department of Homeland Security (DHS) action against the Haiti and 2023 Venezuela TPS designations; however, there…
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is not extending the 2021 Venezuela Temporary Protected Status (TPS) designation, but will provide a 60-day transition period, according to an advance copy of a Federal Register notice scheduled for publication on September 8. The 2021…
Today, the Ninth Circuit of Appeals affirmed a March 31 district court order that had postponed the Department of Homeland Security’s vacatur and termination actions against the 2023 Venezuela TPS designation. However, the Ninth Circuit decision does not have the effect of reinstating the…
On May 30, a California federal district court has temporarily preserved the status and rights of Venezuela Temporary Protected Status (TPS) holders who were issued employment authorization documents (EADs), Form I-797 notices of action, and Forms I-94 with an October…
Yesterday, a federal district judge in Massachusetts issued an order temporarily blocking the upcoming April 24, 2025 mass termination of parole and related employment authorization for beneficiaries of the Biden-era “CHNV” parole program for Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans, and Venezuelans. The…
Late Monday, a federal judge in the Northern District of California granted plaintiffs’ motion to postpone Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem’s decision to vacate a January 2025 extension of the 2023 Venezuela Temporary Protected Status (TPS) designation and her later…
Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem has announced that programs granting humanitarian parole to qualifying Cuban, Haitian, Nicaraguan, and Venezuelan nationals will be terminated. Secretary Noem made the announcement in a Federal Register notice that was published on March 25,…