Judge Blocks DHS Bid to End Protected Status for Immigrants From Honduras, Nicaragua, Nepal

The Homeland Security Department had argued that extending the immigrants’ protected status would undermine U.S. foreign policy and national interests.

Venezuelans and Nicaraguans are transferred by agents of the Border Patrol after crossing the Rio Grande river from Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua state, Mexico to El Paso, Texas, on Dec. 27, 2022. Herika Martinez/AFP via Getty Images

A federal judge on July 31 blocked the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) from ending temporary protected status (TPS) for hundreds of thousands of immigrants from Nepal, Honduras, and Nicaragua.

TPS is a designation that allows individuals from countries affected by armed conflict, natural disasters, or other extraordinary events to remain in the United States.