President Donald Trump faced setbacks in his administration's immigration policies as an appeals court blocked the attempt to end birthright citizenship for certain children of immigrants. This ruling could potentially escalate the issue to the Supreme Court, hindering one of Trump's efforts to tighten immigration regulations.
Simultaneously, a group of Venezuelans, who were granted protection from deportation under a form of humanitarian relief, filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration for revoking these protections. Approximately 350,000 Venezuelans are at risk of losing their protections in April, with an additional 250,000 facing the same fate in September.
On another front, Trump signed an executive order aimed at cutting off taxpayer-funded benefits to undocumented immigrants, despite most major federal public benefits programs already excluding this demographic. Additionally, the administration is expected to issue a public health order designating migrants at the US southern border as potential disease spreaders.
Furthermore, over 140 migrants have been transferred to Guantanamo Bay as part of efforts to establish a camp for housing tens of thousands of migrants. In a controversial move, legal service providers working with unaccompanied migrant children have been instructed to cease their operations, depriving children and teenagers who crossed the southern border without their parents of crucial support.
The Department of Homeland Security recently terminated Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for certain migrants, leaving around 600,000 individuals in uncertainty. The decision to end TPS, which was initially granted by former President Joe Biden's administration, has sparked a lawsuit by a group of Venezuelans in the US District Court for the Northern District of California, challenging the legality of the Secretary of Homeland Security's actions.
