Washington, DC – The U.S. Supreme Court ruled today that the Trump administration has the “go-ahead” to rescind Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Venezuelans, bypassing a California federal judge’s order requiring the government to keep Biden-era removal protections and work authorizations in place during a legal battle over a policy change. This will cancel legal status and work permits for some 350,000 vetted Venezuelan immigrants, criminalizing them at no fault of their own effectively overnight.
In response, America’s Voice Executive Director Vanessa Cárdenas issued the following statement:
“Today’s disappointing ruling from the Supreme Court compounds the underlying harms of the Trump administration’s decision to revoke TPS from Venezuelans in the first place.
The legal protections and work permits that come with TPS status bolster our economy, stabilize communities, and strengthen families here in America. The administration’s choice to strip status and protections from Venezuelans here with lawful and legal status is part of their larger effort to make as many individuals as possible deportable.
Let’s be clear, their revocation of TPS does nothing to fix our immigration system or make Americans safer. Instead, it replaces a functional, legal program with more of the chaos and cruelty that Americans are already recoiling from.”
