Overview

• A three-judge panel granted an emergency stay of Judge Trina L. Thompson’s July 31 order that had kept Temporary Protected Status in place for the three countries.
• The brief order provided no legal reasoning and immediately ended protections for Nepalis, whose TPS expired Aug. 5.
• Protections for roughly 51,000 Hondurans and nearly 3,000 Nicaraguans will now lapse on Sept. 8, exposing many to loss of work permits and deportation risk.
• DHS said the ruling helps restore integrity to the immigration system and prevents TPS from serving as a de facto asylum program.
• Plaintiffs argue the terminations were unlawful and driven by racial animus; Thompson previously found the decisions likely preordained, and broader litigation continues on appeal.