The government of President Donald Trump cast down the website that allowed Venezuelans protected by the temporary protection status (TPS) to re -register to the program, which implies a violation of an order of a federal judge who left the benefit, denounced the plaintiffs on Wednesday.
The TPS saga that covers about 600,000 Venezuelans on Wednesday registered a new chapter when the Immigration and Citizenship Service (USCIS) deactivated the online forms where immigrants could renew the benefit.
If Venezuelans do not renew the migratory protection are exposed to the loss of their work and deportation.
Jéssica Bansal, lawyer of the National Day laborers (NDLON) network and that represents Venezuelan immigrants in a lawsuit, said today at a press conference that the USCIS is breaking the order of Judge Edward Chen, of the Northern District Court of California, who held the TPS for Venezuelans and about 500,000 Haitians.
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The magistrate ruled that the Secretary of National Security, Kristi Noem, exceeded his legal authority at the end of the amparo and that his decision was “arbitrary and capricious,” he wrote in the ruling with which he kept the benefit standing.
The legal complaint seeks to protect two groups of Venezuelans protected by the TPS granted by former president Joe Biden (2021-2025), those of 2021, about 250,000, who was overcome by the protection this September 10, and the beneficiaries of the extension of 2023, about 350,000.
Bansal has asked Cen an emergency audience to order USCIS to restore the online option.
The lawyer advised Venezuelans to which the amparo won on Wednesday to send the forms by mail, while the judge considers the new request of the plaintiffs.
With EFE information.
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