September 05, 2025
A California federal judge on Friday set aside the Trump administration's swift attempt to unwind temporary protected status for Venezuela and Haiti, finding the executive branch exceeded its authority by vacating Biden-era TPS extensions and faulting it for rushing to terminate designations.
June 13, 2025
A California federal judge has agreed with a magistrate judge that the Trump administration must turn over documents pertaining to the removal of temporary protected status for Venezuelans and Haitians, holding that the documents are not covered by the executive branch's privilege.
June 04, 2025
The National TPS Alliance and several Venezuelans have asked a California federal judge to set aside U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem's vacatur of temporary protected status for Venezuela and Haiti, saying the underlying rationale is concocted.
June 02, 2025
A California federal judge has barred President Donald Trump's administration from invalidating the legal documents of about 5,000 Venezuelans whose temporary protected status was terminated, finding U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem likely exceeded her authority in doing so.
March 31, 2025
A California federal judge on Monday temporarily halted U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem's attempt to end temporary deportation protections for hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans, calling it an "unprecedented action" that is likely "unauthorized by law, arbitrary and capricious, and motivated by unconstitutional animus."
March 24, 2025
Lawyers representing Venezuelans living in the United States urged a California federal judge on Monday to pause actions by Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem that would end temporary deportation protections for hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans in the country, saying the actions were driven in part by racial animus.
March 21, 2025
Litigation developments in immigration cases have been dominating the news cycle, including cases over deportations of Venezuelans, a pro-Palestinian activist's habeas petition and a challenge to a Biden-era asylum rule. With cases moving at lightning speed, Law360 is providing a rundown of developments that may have been missed over the past week.
March 13, 2025
A California federal judge said two Venezuelan nationals can continue anonymously in their lawsuit challenging the Trump administration's attempt to end temporary protections for more than 500,000 Venezuelans.
March 07, 2025
The attorneys general of 18 states urged a California federal judge on Friday to postpone the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's early termination of deportation protections for more than 500,000 Venezuelans, saying DHS Secretary Kristi Noem gave no sound reason for ending the temporary protections.
March 04, 2025
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security told a California federal court it lacks authority to review a recent decision to scrap existing deportation protections for hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans, and urged the court to reject a push to have it put on hold.