Trump officials ask supreme court to help strip legal status from Venezuelans

The justice department asked the supreme court justices to put on hold a federal judge’s order from March that halted the decision of the homeland security secretary, Kristi Noem, to terminate the temporary legal status that previously was granted to some Venezuelans. A federal appeals court had on 18 April declined the administration’s request to pause the judge’s order. During his presidency, Joe Biden extended temporary protected status to Venezuelans due to the ongoing political and economic crisis in Venezuela. Over the last few months, many Venezuelans have been unlawfully arrested and illegally detained by federal immigration authorities, according to their lawyers. The pre-emptive arrests of many still under the shelter of TPS have been carried out despite the law saying that such people “shall not be detained” based on their immigration status.