By THE ALASKA STORY
A federal appeals court on Monday cleared the way for the Trump administration to proceed with ending Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for nationals of Honduras, Nepal and Nicaragua, lifting a lower court order that had blocked the move.
The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in San Francisco temporarily stayed a December ruling by a federal judge in California that had blocked the Department of Homeland Security from terminating the protections. The appeals court’s order allows the administration to move forward with ending TPS for nearly 89,000 foreign nationals while the underlying legal challenge plays out on appeal.
TPS is a humanitarian immigration program that provides legal status, work authorization and protection from deportation to people from countries experiencing armed conflict, environmental disaster or other extraordinary conditions that make return unsafe. The program does not provide a path to U.S. citizenship but allows beneficiaries to live and work in the United States for a designated temporary period.
Last year, DHS announced that the United States would end TPS for Honduras, Nepal and Nicaragua after determining that conditions in those countries “no longer met the conditions for its designation.” The department said the deteriorating rationale for the original designations meant the protections were no longer justified.
In response to the appeals court’s decision, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem hailed the ruling as a vindication of the administration’s legal position. In a post on X, Noem said the decision was “a win for the rule of law and vindication for the U.S. Constitution.” She added that TPS was never intended to be permanent and that previous administrations had treated it as a de facto amnesty program.
The appeals panel found the government was likely to prevail in defending its decision-making process and that the rule blocking the terminations should be put on hold during the appeal. The ruling does not end the broader lawsuit but allows the administration to proceed with the terminations while the case continues.
Beneficiaries and advocacy groups had challenged the administration’s actions in federal court, arguing that DHS failed to consider ongoing conditions in the three countries and violated federal administrative law. Another challenge is expected of the Ninth Circuit ruling, which would then send the case to the Supreme Court.
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Despicable. Trump and Noem are the personification of evil.
It’s 3 AM and once again Kristi Noem cannot sleep. She tosses fitfully next to her man Corey, trying to claim back the peaceful realm of slumber, but it will not come. She worries about her soul, and wonders when the nasty bi*ch called Karma will come for her. Having knowingly sacrificed her integrity and secretly ashamed for having done so, she understands that there is now no way out. Fretful, she tries thinking pleasant thoughts, but visions of the brutality she has unleashed continue to break through. Finally she rises, dreading once again the day that lies ahead. Looking in the mirror, she sees an aging, craggy visage that grows more grotesque by the day. “More makeup.”, she bitterly concludes.
Is it worth it, Kristi? You have regrets, but know you’re trapped. You desperately hope that Trump will fire you, even while understanding that this will not free your conscience.
Every single illegal needs to go.
And if violent marxists interfere then they can go to prison. And if they are an active threat they will be shot. No regrets. No tears.
Evan and Hans, whay are you both so emotional about following the law why aren’t you working to change it, and why didn’t you do so under the previous Obama/Biden/Harris Administrations? You both realize, of course, that the Obama/Biden/Harris Administrations supported these exact laws and that they deported more people than the Trump Administration.
“The highest number of annual immigrant deportations in recent years occurred during the first years of the Obama Administration reaching about 400,000 per year.” And “Interior removals were particularly high during President Obama’s first term, averaging over 200,000 per year. The Trump administration removed an average of 80,000 people from the country ‘s interior annually”
Honestly you should be attacking Trump for not doing what he said he’d do and for doing a worse job than the Obama/Biden/Harris Administrations. But hysterical rants based upon false narratives are so much more fun for some emotionally driven folks in the left.