Summary
The U.S. Supreme Court allowed the Trump administration to remove temporary legal protections from over 300,000 Venezuelan migrants. This decision pauses a lower court's ruling that the protections should not have been ended. The court's order will last while the case is ongoing.
Key Facts
- The Supreme Court permitted the removal of protections for over 300,000 Venezuelan migrants.
- The decision stops a previous ruling by Judge Edward Chen that said ending the protections was wrong.
- The ruling affects temporary protected status (TPS), which is a program to prevent deportation to unsafe countries.
- TPS is granted for 18 months at a time and can be renewed.
- Three liberal justices disagreed with the Supreme Court's decision.
- TPS protects people from countries with natural disasters or dangerous conditions.
- Lawyers reported some affected migrants lost jobs or faced deportation after earlier court decisions.
- Solicitor General D. John Sauer argued that the court's past decisions should apply to this case as well.
