Court of Appeals Permits TPS Terminations for Honduras, Nepal, and Nicaragua to Take Effect

A federal court of appeals yesterday stayed a lower court’s final ruling in National TPS Alliance v. Noem  that held the Trump administration’s termination of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for more than 60,000 individuals from Honduras, Nepal, and Nicaragua was unlawful.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit’s summary ruling follows an emergency request from the Trump administration, and leaves thousands of immigrants who have lived in the U.S. for more than two decades at risk of detention and deportation.

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