Overview

• On August 20, the Ninth Circuit stayed a July 31 district-court injunction, allowing DHS to implement TPS terminations affecting nationals of the three countries.
• TPS for Nepal already lapsed on August 5, and protections for Honduran and Nicaraguan beneficiaries are set to end September 8 unless further court action intervenes.
• Judge Trina L. Thompson had previously paused the terminations after finding plaintiffs likely to succeed on claims of discriminatory motive and procedural defects.
• USCIS has not yet issued updated employment-authorization guidance; employers must reverify affected Honduran and Nicaraguan workers on September 8 and Nepalese workers immediately if documentation is no longer valid.
• Roughly 60,000 to 63,000 people could lose status, with advocates noting tens of thousands of U.S.-citizen children are affected, as the case proceeds toward a November 18 merits hearing and the government cites a May Supreme Court TPS ruling in its defense.