LatinNews Daily - 08 September 2025

Venezuela/Haiti: On 5 September a US district court judge Edward Chen ruled that the attempt by the US administration led by President Donald Trump to strip Temporary Protected Status (TPS) from Venezuelans and Haitians is unlawful. The designation blocks the deportation of people from countries experiencing “ongoing armed conflict, environmental disaster, or extraordinary and temporary conditions” that “prevent its nationals from returning safely”. Earlier this month US Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem announced the termination of the 2021 designation of TPS for Venezuela, having terminated the 2023 designation for Venezuela in February, while in January she revoked an extension of the TPS designation for Venezuela announced that month by the previous Joe Biden (2021-2025) administration. In February the Trump administration also rescinded the extension of TPS for Haiti, and in June announced the termination of the benefit. US-based civil rights groups such as American Civil Liberties Union (Aclu) hailed Chen’s ruling, which it notes comes six months after attorneys for the National TPS Alliance (NTPSA), an organisation which seeks to protect the rights of TPS beneficiaries and individual TPS holders, filed a lawsuit challenging the government’s annulment of TPS for Venezuelans. The lawsuit was amended on 20 March to include Haitian TPS holders facing a similar decision from the government. The Trump administration has also ended TPS for Nicaragua and Honduras.

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