Temporary Protected Status
Temporary Protected Status (TPS) is a temporary immigration status provided to nationals of specifically designated countries that are confronting an ongoing armed conflict, environmental disaster, or extraordinary and temporary conditions. It provides a work permit and protection from deportation to foreign nationals from those countries who are in the United States at the time the U.S. government makes the designation.
Cases
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Doe v. Noem (Syria TPS) - District Court
Temporary Protected StatusOn October 20, 2025, seven Syrian nationals with Temporary Protected Status (TPS) or pending applications for TPS, who have lived in the United States for years and have deep ties to this country and their communities, filed suit against the Trump administration. Plaintiffs challenge Defendants’...Read more -
Noem v. National TPS Alliance (Venezuelan TPS Termination) - Supreme Court (Summary Judgment)
Temporary Protected StatusFollowing the Ninth Circuit’s September 17 order denying the federal government’s request to stay Judge Chen’s September 5 summary judgment order, the government requested an emergency stay from the Supreme Court on September 19. The district court decision granting summary judgment had found that...Read more -
National TPS Alliance v. Noem (Venezuelan TPS Termination) - Court of Appeals (Summary Judgment)
Temporary Protected StatusThis is an appeal of a district court decision granting summary judgment, finding the federal government’s move to cancel TPS for more than one million Venezuelans and Haitians violated the Administrative Procedure Act. TPS is a form of humanitarian relief against deportation to countries dealing...Read more -
National TPS Alliance v. Noem (NTPSA II/TPS for Honduras, Nepal & Nicaragua) - Court of Appeals
Temporary Protected StatusThis is an appeal of the district court’s order to stay the effective terminations of TPS for the affected countries (Honduras, Nepal, and Nicaragua) until at least November 18, 2025. At the court below, Plaintiffs—National TPS Alliance (NTPSA) and seven individual plaintiffs—bring this litigation...Read more -
CASA v. Noem (Afghanistan & Cameroon TPS) - Court of Appeals
Temporary Protected StatusThis is an appeal of the district court’s denial of Plaintiff CASA’s request for a stay (pause) of the Trump administration’s termination of TPS for Afghans and Cameroonians. Plaintiff alleges in the lower court that the government’s actions purportedly terminating TPS for Afghanistan and Cameroon...Read more
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