The U.S. Supreme Court has delivered a major victory for President Donald Trump’s administration, ruling 8–1 in favor of allowing the government to revoke Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for approximately 300,000 Venezuelan migrants. The decision overturned a lower court injunction that had blocked the administration’s efforts, with Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson as the lone dissenter.
The court stated that immigration decisions of this kind fall within the executive branch’s discretion and are tied to sensitive foreign policy matters. U.S. Solicitor General John Sauer argued before the Court that the lower court had overstepped its authority, calling its reasoning “untenable.” The justices largely agreed, clearing the path for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to proceed with implementing a February memo from Secretary Kristi Noem, which officially rescinded Venezuela’s TPS designation effective April. Continue reading…
