On May 19, 2025, the Supreme Court paused a lower court ruling that had blocked the Trump administration’s attempt to revoke Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for approximately 350,000 Venezuelans designated in 2023. TPS grants temporary protection from deportation to people from countries affected by war, natural disasters, or severe humanitarian crises.
Similarly, on May 24, 2025, the Supreme Court allowed the Trump Administration to strip the temporary legal status of nearly 500,000 migrants who came in through humanitarian parole processes for Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans, and Venezuelans (“CHNV”). This Supreme Court Decision was followed by a Department of Homeland Security announcement in the federal register that it would officially terminate the CHNV program.
The Immigration Law & Justice network has collectively helped thousands of TPS beneficiaries and parolees throughout the years with their applications and work permit renewals,” says Alba Jaramillo, Co-Executive Director. “We know these are people who were screened and vetted by the government as needing temporary status in the United States due to the inhumane conditions in their home countries. Those conditions have not changed. Marginalized people who had status are now subject to detention and deportation, and will undoubtedly be hunted by ICE.”
ILJ Network mourns for the wellbeing of the hundreds of thousands of immigrants impacted by these policies and Supreme Court decisions. The Trump Administration’s mass deportation agenda is violent, inhumane, and creates more chaos in an already dysfunctional immigration system. As the government and courts turn their back on immigrants at almost every turn, we call upon all people of conscience to demand change.