The United States Supreme Court has just sided with President Donald Trump by greenlighting his plan to strip the “protected status” protection from over 300,000 Venezuelan migrants living in America.
In a brief order, the justices approved an emergency application from the Trump administration.
The decision allows officials to undo a Biden-era extension of Temporary Protected Status (TPS).
TPS shields Venezuelans from deportation and grants them work permits.
Liberal Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson was the lone dissenter, indicating she would have denied the request.
The decision allows Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem to move forward with a policy reversal.
The reversal would strip protections from more than 300,000 Venezuelans who were granted TPS by former President Joe Biden’s administration.
TPS, created by Congress in 1990, offers a safe harbor to nationals of countries suffering from war, natural disaster, or other emergencies.
Individuals granted status can legally remain and work in the U.S. for renewable 18-month periods.
At the center of the legal fight is a TPS designation made in October 2023.
It was extended again by Biden in January, just before Trump returned to office.
The protections were originally set to expire in October 2026, but in February,