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Oct. 5, 2026

Supreme Court allows Trump administration to end Venezuelans' protected status

The justices stayed a Northern District of California ruling that blocked Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem from terminating Temporary Protected Status for roughly 300,000 Venezuelans while the government appeals.

The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday allowed the Trump administration to move forward with terminating Temporary Protected Status for hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans while it appeals a Northern District of California ruling that found the move unlawful.

The court granted the administration's request to stay a Sept. 5 judgment that blocked now-former Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem from rescinding an extension of TPS and terminating the protections for Venezuelan natio...

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