Trump Admin Asks Supreme Court to Allow Removal of Protected Status for Venezuelan Nationals

The solicitor general said a federal judge in California exceeded his authority.
Trump Admin Asks Supreme Court to Allow Removal of Protected Status for Venezuelan Nationals
The Supreme Court in Washington on April 3, 2025. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times
Sam Dorman
Stacy Robinson
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The Trump administration has asked the Supreme Court to remove a lower court’s block on its decision to remove temporary legal protections for more than 300,000 Venezuelan nationals.

U.S. Solicitor General D. John Sauer told the Supreme Court in a brief on May 1 that a federal judge in California had overstepped his authority.