US Appellates Court Back Trump Admin: TPS prevents relief for 60,000 migrants; Honduras in Nepal, focus
An American federal appeal court on Wednesday stayed a lower court order, temporarily protecting around 60,000 migrants from Honduras, Nicaragua and Nepal. The news agency AP reported that the decision issued by the 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco supports the step of the Trump administration for these groups to abolish the temporary protected position (TPS).The three-judge panels, including the appointment of presidents Clinton, Bush and Trump, allowed emergency migration, preventing the July 31 verdict by American District Judge Trina L Thompson. His order blocked the administration’s effort to abolish the TPS, citing the lack of “objective review of the country’s situation” in places like Honduras and Nicaragua. TPS molds migrants with exile and allows them to function legally in the US, it can be extended by the Secretary of Homeland Security in matters of war, natural disasters, or unsafe political situations in the home country of a migrant.Secretary Christie Nom had determined that TPS was not justified for 51,000 Honduns and 3,000 Nicaraguan with prescribed security for ending September 8. The TPS for 7,000 Naples was determined to end on 5 August. The migrants had to live in the US for more than two decades after the storm in 1998.Immigration advocates, including the National TPS alliance, have challenged the decision, alleging that it was politically operated and racially motivated. At Tuesday’s hearing, US Deputy Assistant Attorney General Drew Ensine argued that the government faced “irreparable loss” when the government was blocked by implementing its policies.Responding to criticism, DHS Assistant Secretary Trisia McLaglin said, “TPS never meant a real refuge system, yet in this way the previous administration has used it for decades.”The next hearing in the case is scheduled for 18 November.The Trump administration has also transferred TPS to migrants from many other countries including Venezuela, Haiti, Ukraine, Afghanistan and Cameron. Some of those decisions are subject to litigation.
