A federal appeals court late Wednesday ruled the Trump administration can move forward with ending Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for more than 60,000 immigrants from Honduras, Nepal, and Nicaragua.
The 9th Circuit’s decision immediately strips Nepali TPS holders of work permits and deportation protections. Honduran and Nicaraguan TPS holders will lose protections by Sept. 8. The three-judge panel — Michael Daly Hawkins (Clinton appointee), Consuelo Callahan (Bush appointee), and Eric Miller (Trump appointee) — did not explain the ruling.
The order pauses a July decision by U.S. District Judge Trina Thompson, who blocked DHS Secretary Kristi Noem’s termination of TPS, citing racial bias. Thompson wrote that plaintiffs were told to “atone for their race, leave because of their names, and purify their blood.”
DHS spokeswoman Tricia McLaughlin praised the appeals court, saying TPS had been misused as “a de facto asylum system.” Advocates condemned the ruling, warning families face “fear and uncertainty.” Many affected immigrants have lived in the U.S. for decades, raising U.S.-born children.
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