Trump asks Supreme Court to let him deport 300,000 Venezuelans
Source: CNN Politics
PUBLISHED Sep 19, 2025, 4:39 PM ET
The Trump administration urged the Supreme Court on Friday to withdraw deportation protections that had been extended to some 300,000 Venezuelans living in the United States – and it accused a lower court of engaging in a “needless affront” by ruling otherwise.
The case involves decision earlier this year by Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem to end a form of humanitarian relief known as temporary protected status for Venezuelan migrants. But it also raises broader questions about how courts – including the Supreme Court – are wrestling with the pace of emergency appeals that are being driven by Trump’s second term.
The latest short-fuse appeal to the Supreme Court – the second to arrive on Friday – touched on a raw debate that has been taking shape within the judiciary: just how much precedential value a vague Supreme Court order on the emergency docket can command.
The dispute over TPS for Venezuelans has already come up to the Supreme Court this year.
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