This ruling clears the way for DHS to implement guidance first issued in February by Secretary Kristi Noem. That directive formally ended Venezuela’s TPS status, with the policy scheduled to take effect in April. For many households, especially those with long-standing roots in the United States, the decision has created deep uncertainty about what comes next. Yet for federal agencies, the Court’s opinion provides a definitive answer about who has the final word on TPS policy.
To understand the significance of this shift, it helps to look back at how policies have changed over the past several years. Under the Biden administration, former DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas had renewed Venezuela’s TPS designation multiple times, citing unstable conditions that made returning individuals unsafe. Those protections were set to stretch into 2025 and 2026. The new directive, however, replaces those extensions and signals a markedly different approach.
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