Overview

• The order forestalls expiration of TPS for about 7,000 Nepalis due Aug. 5 and for roughly 51,000 Hondurans and 3,000 Nicaraguans slated to lose status by Sept. 8.
• Judge Trina L. Thompson highlighted ongoing political violence in Honduras and the effects of recent hurricanes in Nicaragua as factors wrongly overlooked.
• Beneficiaries retain work authorization and protection from deportation pending arguments at a Nov. 18, 2025 hearing on the case’s merits.
• Plaintiffs accuse DHS Secretary Kristi Noem of following President Trump’s campaign pledge to end TPS and of acting with racial animus.
• The Trump administration has already rescinded TPS for more than a million migrants from Venezuela, Haiti, Ukraine and other nations.