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In a 2-1 decision, the Ninth Circuit allowed the Trump administration to terminate TPS for Haiti, El Salvador, Nicaragua, and Sudan, a program that gave temporary protected status to at least 300,000 immigrants. https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/adolfoflores/tps-court-decision-immigrants
It doesn't mean TPS for these countries will immediately end. Recipients affected by the ruling will be allowed to keep their status until at least Feb, and those from El Salvador until at least Nov.
@ahilan_toolong said they "will seek further review of the court’s decision.”
@ahilan_toolong said they "will seek further review of the court’s decision.”
Link to the ruling https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/opinions/2020/09/14/18-16981.pdf
In addition to the immigrants who have benefited from TPS, the ruling is also expected to affect over 200,000 US-citizen children. Here's a 2018 story I did on a US-born high schooler and her Salvadoran parents with TPS. https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/adolfoflores/if-trumps-dhs-ends-protections-for-salvadorans-what-happens
In a statement the Justice Department said it was pleased with the ruling which had prevented DHS from taking action on TPS.
