Supreme Court Allows Trump to Strip Temporary Deportation Protections for Some Venezuelans

What Happened?

The Supreme Court on Monday allowed the Trump administration to strip the temporary protected status of 350,000 Venezuelans.

It now potentially exposes them to deportation as President Donald Trump pushes forward on these efforts.

The higher court granted the Justice Department's request to lift a San Francisco judge's ruling that blocked the White House in March.

U.S. District Judge Edward Chen found the White House's efforts were based on racial discrimination and Venezuelan gang-affiliated generalizations.

Officials accused Judge Chen of improperly overstepping the executive branch’s authority over immigration policy.

Solicitor General John Sauer claimed that Chen 'cherry-picked' examples of racial discrimination.

Attorney Ahilan Arulanantham, representing the TPS holders, believed the higher court's decision to be 'the largest single action stripping any group of non-citizens of immigration status in modern U.S. history.'

'The Supreme Court authorized this action in a two-paragraph order with no reasoning is truly shocking,' Arulanantham said, according to reports. 'The humanitarian and economic impact of the Court’s decision will be felt immediately, and will reverberate for generations.'

Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson was reportedly the only justice to note her dissent.

Why it Matters

The controversial CHNV program and BP One app reportedly aimed to bring order amid the chaotic influx along the U.S. border under the former Biden administration.

It also granted immigrants the ability to live and work in the U.S. temporarily.

Homeland Security had previously issued termination notices that instructed tens of thousands of immigrants to leave 'immediately.'

The Trump administration believed there was a need to end the 'vicious cycle' of unlawful immigration.

This led many migrants to be concerned despite being under the program's protections.

It's a major victory for President Trump amid his latest attempts to appeal immigration deportation rulings for Supreme Court consideration.

The higher court recently heard case arguments Thursday surrounding the Trump administration's challenge over automatic birthright citizenship.

Arguments focused on whether lower court judges could rule against the administration on a nationwide basis.

Federal district court judges have raised questions of Trump's authority over constitutional provision guarantees.

The White House has argued that lower courts have gone too far and that their power should be curtailed.

How it Affects You

Federal courts are reportedly hearing more than 100 lawsuits challenging various immigration initiatives by Trump.

Trump and his attorneys have stated that these actions fall under the president's powers and that federal judges are attempting to assume presidential duties.

ICE agents have ramped up efforts under President Trump's guidance as he now looks to challenge judges' ability to issue nationwide injunctions.

But Trump's long-maintained views also bring into question the interpretation of the 14th Amendment.

The pending outcome could significantly change the future U.S. outlook surrounding immigration.

And more importantly, how judges may rule on immigration matters involving presidential action.