[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]A federal appeals court panel of the Ninth Circuit reversed a district court ruling that blocked an attempt by the Trump administration to end temporary protected status (TPS) for certain foreign nationals living in the U.S.\u00a0 TPS provides eligible immigrants from certain countries who were in the United States at a certain time protection from deportation and work permits.\u00a0 The Trump administration has made several announcements about ending TPS protections for several countries so far, but in 2018, a federal judge in California placed an injunction preventing the program’s termination for immigrants from El Salvador, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Sudan.\u00a0 The appeals court ruling lifts this injunction.\u00a0 Haitian nationals with TPS continue to be protected by a federal injunction in New York.<\/p>\n
It is estimated that the 318,000 TPS holders, and their 279,000 American citizen children, could have their lives upended.\u00a0 After Monday’s ruling, Nicaraguans and Sudanese could lose TPS protections in a few months.\u00a0 Salvadorans could lose protections in a little over a year.\u00a0 The Trump administration has not yet made any announcements about ending TPS protections in the aftermath of the court ruling.\u00a0 It is likely that the American Civil Liberties Union’s attorneys representing the plaintiffs will appeal this decision to the full Ninth Circuit or the U.S. Supreme Court.<\/p>\n