Federal judge blocks Trump admin from ending legal protections for 1.1M Venezuelans and Haitians

A federal judge in California on Friday blocked the Department of Homeland Security from ending temporary legal protections for more than 1.1 million Haitians and Venezuelans.

The ruling comes a day after the department ended temporary protected status for more than 200,000 Venezuelans.

U.S. District Judge Edward Chen ruled that Homeland Secretary Kristi Noem's decisions to vacate extensions on the status for Haitians and Venezuelans exceeded her authority, according to the Associated Press.

Temporary Protected Status is given to people from countries that are unsafe because of a natural disaster, political instability or other dangerous conditions. The protections are granted for six, 12 or 18 months and allow the recipient to work in the United States and prevents them from being deported.

Misty Severi is a news reporter for Just The News. You can follow her on X for more coverage.