Summary
A judge has stopped a decision by the Department of Homeland Security to end temporary legal protections for over 1 million people from Haiti and Venezuela. This allows these individuals to continue living and working in the U.S. The judge ruled that the decision to end these protections was not supported by law.
Key Facts
- A federal judge in San Francisco blocked a decision to end temporary protections for over 1 million Venezuelan and Haitian immigrants.
- This ruling affects 600,000 Venezuelans and about 500,000 Haitians.
- The Department of Homeland Security had planned to end these protections, claiming conditions in the home countries had improved.
- Temporary Protected Status (TPS) allows people to stay in the U.S. if their home country is unsafe due to disasters or instability.
- TPS prevents holders from being deported and lets them work in the U.S.
- The previous administration had extended TPS for people from Venezuela and Haiti.
- The judge said the decision to end TPS was done too quickly and violated legal procedures.
