Supreme Court allows Trump to revoke protected status for thousands of Venezuelans
As part of the Trump administration's hard-line immigration policy, it seeks to reverse a Biden-era policy that extended protections for more than 300,000 Venezuelans.
May 19, 2025, 11:36 AM CDT / Updated May 19, 2025, 12:00 PM CDT
By Lawrence Hurley
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday gave the Trump administration the green light to revoke special legal protections for thousands of Venezuelan immigrants, which could pave the way for them to be deported.
The high court granted an emergency application filed by the administration, meaning officials can move forward with reversing a decision made at the tail end of the Biden administration to extend protections for more than 300,000 Venezuelans under the federal Temporary Protected Status program.
The brief order noted that liberal Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson would have denied the application. Litigation will now continue in lower courts.
As a result of political instability in Venezuela, the Biden administration in March 2021 said Venezuelans were eligible for temporary protected status under the federal program that has existed since 1990 to provide humanitarian relief to people from countries reeling from war, natural disasters or other catastrophes.
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