Trump Asks SCOTUS To Allow Ending TPS For Venezuelans

I’m confused as to why any permission is needed: the TPS for the Venezuelans already ended

Trump administration asks SCOTUS to strip legal protections from 350K Venezuelan migrants after Obama-appointed judge put hold on plan

The Trump administration on Thursday asked the Supreme Court to strip temporary legal protections from 350,000 Venezuelans, potentially exposing them to being deported.

The Justice Department asked the high court to put on hold a ruling from a federal judge in San Francisco that kept in place Temporary Protected Status for the Venezuelans that would have otherwise expired last month.

The status allows people already in the United States to live and work legally because their native countries are deemed unsafe for return due to natural disaster or civil strife.

A federal appeals court had earlier rejected the administration’s request.

President Donald Trump’s administration has moved aggressively to withdraw various protections that have allowed immigrants to remain in the country, including ending TPS for a total of 600,000 Venezuelans and 500,000 Haitians. TPS is granted in 18-month increments.

The protections had been set to expire April 7, but U.S. District Judge Edward Chen ordered a pause on those plans. He found that the expiration threatened to severely disrupt the lives of hundreds of thousands of people and could cost billions in lost economic activity.

Chen, who was appointed to the bench by Democratic President Barack Obama, found the government hadn’t shown any harm caused by keeping the program alive.

And why is it up to this one judge? Congress established the program. Then the Executive Branch enacts it. The Venezuelans had their time, and, now it is up. One single judge is encroaching on the separation of power. Under what statute did the judge rule? The law is specific. If the Executive Branch or Congress wants to extend the time, that is up to them. The judge is making law/executive orders.

But Solicitor General D. John Sauer wrote on behalf of the administration that Chen’s order impermissibly interferes with the administration’s power over immigration and foreign affairs.

It does, but, this judge, who looks to have been captured by the system, or be GOPe who love illegals, thinks he can run the Executive Branch.

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