Trump Administration Can End Immigrant Humanitarian Protections for 4 Countries, Court Rules

Trump Administration Can End Immigrant Humanitarian Protections for 4 Countries, Court Rules
Vice President Mike Pence speaks as President Donald Trump participates in a signing ceremony and meeting with the President of Serbia Aleksandar Vucic and the Prime Minister of Kosovo Avdullah Hoti in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on Sept. 4, 2020. Anna Moneymaker-Pool/Getty Images
|Updated:

A federal appeals court ruled on Sept. 14 that the Trump administration can phase out humanitarian protections for hundreds of thousands of immigrants from El Salvador, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Sudan, many of whom have lived and worked legally in the United States for decades.

In a 2-1 decision, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a 2018 lower court ruling that prevented the federal government from terminating Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for immigrants from the four countries.
Isabel van Brugen
Isabel van Brugen
Reporter
Isabel van Brugen is an award-winning journalist. She holds a master's in newspaper journalism from City, University of London.
twitter
Related Topics