US Supreme Court Lets Trump End Protected Status for Venezuelans
The US Supreme Court has ruled for a second time to allow the Trump administration to remove Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for approximately 350,000 Venezuelan immigrants. This decision, supported by the court's conservative majority, puts the Venezuelans at risk of deportation. The court's three liberal justices dissented. The ruling blocks a lower court's order that had prevented the administration from stripping away the protected status. TPS shields individuals from deportation and allows them to work legally if their home countries are deemed unsafe due to conflict or disaster. In a brief order, the court stated that the same reasoning from its initial emergency ruling in May applied. Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson criticized the decision, accusing the conservative majority of prioritizing the administration's urgency over the lives of those protected. This move is part of President Trump's broader effort to crack […]