Overview

• The order pauses U.S. District Judge Edward Chen’s Sept. 5 ruling that found Secretary Kristi Noem acted unlawfully in ending TPS and flagged her statements as discriminatory.
• The majority referenced its similar May action in the case, with Justices Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan saying they would deny relief and Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson issuing a sharp dissent on the emergency docket.
• The decision allows the administration to move ahead with ending work authorization and deportation protections for more than 300,000 Venezuelans, according to the filings.
• The administration contended that courts cannot review the homeland security secretary’s TPS judgments and accused lower courts of disregarding the Supreme Court’s earlier order.
• Plaintiffs and advocates reported job losses, detentions and deportations after the prior stay, and the underlying challenges under the Administrative Procedure Act continue in the Ninth Circuit.