Federal Judge Edward Chen, of the Northern District of California, indefinitely suspended his decision on Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for more than 250,000 Venezuelan immigrants, which expires on September 10.

From that date on, this group will no longer have the protection of TPS to continue residing in the United States, so they automatically risk being detained by ICE agents and entering deportation proceedings.

According to a letter from the judge, his decision is on hold while the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals reviews a legal remedy seeking to reverse the cancellation of this immigration benefit, in this case for Venezuelans.

“Previously, the Court ordered the parties to file supplemental briefs to determine whether to temporarily suspend the resolution of the motions to dismiss and summary judgment, pending the decision of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals,” Chen wrote.

“The Court has received and reviewed the parties’ supplemental briefs and hereby SUSPENDS the proceedings until further notice,” he announced in the document.

It should be remembered that TPS for Venezuelan immigrants, which will expire on September 10, was designated in 2021. And although there was a redesignation in 2023 to extend the benefit, when Joe Biden was president, the Donald Trump administration completely repealed it in April of this year.

Immigrants from Honduras and Nicaragua will lose their TPS on September 8

As of September 8, according to the Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), more than 70,000 immigrants will lose the validity of their Temporary Protected Status (TPS).

These are 72,000 Hondurans and 4,000 Nicaraguans who were protected with a temporary residence in the United States, since the passage of Hurricane Mitch in 1999.

At the end of July, a federal judge decided to extend TPS (until November) for about 60,000 migrants from Nepal, Honduras and Nicaragua. However, a federal judge in San Francisco ruled in Trump's favor and decided to cancel that protection.