Overview

• Homeland Security said roughly 268,000 Venezuelans covered by the 2021 designation will lose deportation protection and work permits unless courts intervene after the Federal Register notice starts the 60-day clock.
• DHS justified the move by citing a “magnet effect” that it says drives irregular migration and undermines border enforcement priorities.
• Officials urged those losing status to arrange voluntary return through the CBP Home app, with a reported $1,000 incentive for self-deportation.
• The announcement comes after a Ninth Circuit panel faulted an earlier attempt to vacate Venezuelan TPS, even as separate rulings have allowed terminations for Honduras and Nicaragua to take effect Sept. 8 and noted Nepal’s lapse in August.
• In San Francisco, the Board of Supervisors unanimously passed a resolution supporting TPS holders, and City Attorney David Chiu said his office filed amicus briefs opposing the terminations.