A federal judge in California has temporarily halted the effort of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to terminate Temporary Protected Status

The Trump administration says it cannot bring back those mistakenly removed. That claim "doesn't make any sense," a former ICE official says.

A federal judge ordered to postpone DHS Secretary Kristi Noem's order to terminate the temporary protected status of hundreds of thousands of Venezuelan migrants.

On March 31, 2025, in National TPS Alliance v. Noem, et al., Judge Edward M. Chen in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of

The temporary program allows Venezuelans to work lawfully in the U.S. and avoid deportation while their country is riddled with crime and unrest.

Lawyers representing five Venezuelans urged the US Supreme Court not to let President Donald Trump resume deportations of alleged gang members without hearings, saying the men are at risk of being held for life in a brutal foreign prison.

At dusk on Wednesday, a small group of Venezuelans gathered outside the vacant Salvadoran embassy in Caracas, holding a quiet vigil for their loved ones detained in El Salvador.

After a federal judge in California granted a request to delay an attempt to end the program that temporarily protects Venezuelans from deportation, some of those who have