Afghanistan, May 6 -- A U.S. federal court has rejected a Trump administration attempt to end temporary protected status (TPS) for approximately 400,000 migrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela. The ruling was delivered on Monday, May 5, ordering the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to halt its plan to terminate the program.
The two-year temporary protection was originally granted during President Joe Biden's term in response to humanitarian crises in those countries, allowing migrants to live and work legally in the United States. The court ruled that ending this status without sufficient justification would cause serious harm to vulnerable communities.
The effort to revoke TPS was part of former President Donald Trump's ...