By American Renaissance | Created at 2025-04-01 22:48:34 | Updated at 2025-04-04 02:05:06
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A federal judge has paused the Trump administration’s plans to lift protections from deportation for more than 600,000 Venezuelans, writing that Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem’s decision to do so “smacks of racism.”
The swift effort to rescind protections for Venezuelans, as well as the Trump administration’s rhetoric on the issue, featured heavily in the Monday decision from California-based U.S. District Judge Edward Chen.
Chen determined the government did not follow proper procedure for stripping Temporary Protected Status (TPS) from those being deported, and that the administration was “motivated at least in part by animus.”
“As discussed in other parts of this order, the Secretary’s rationale is entirely lacking in evidentiary support. For example, there is no evidence that Venezuelan TPS holders are members of the [Tren de Aragua] gang, have connections to the gang, and/or commit crimes,” Chen wrote {snip}
“Generalization of criminality to the Venezuelan TPS population as a whole is baseless and smacks of racism predicated on generalized false stereotypes.”
The order postpones plans by the Trump administration to lift TPS for a group of roughly 350,000 Venezuelans otherwise set to expire April 7. Another 250,000 are set to lose the protections in September. As the case continues, the court will also weigh a decision to strip protections from Haitians.
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