Subsequent Trump and Court Action(s)

• October 3, 2018

  2018-10-03 ORDER by Judge Edward M. Chen Granting 120 Plaintiffs' Motion for Preliminary Injunction

  On Oct. 3, 2018, Judge Edward Chen in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California issued a preliminary injunction preventing DHS from implementing TPS terminations for El Salvador, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Sudan while the case is resolved on its merits.

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• March 1, 2019

  Continuation of Documentation for Beneficiaries of Temporary Protected Status Designations for Sudan, Nicaragua, Haiti, and El Salvador

  To comply with a preliminary injunction in Ramos v. Nielsen, No. 18-cv-01554 (N.D. Cal. Oct. 3, 2018), DHS published a notice that beneficiaries under the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) designations for El Salvador, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Sudan will retain their TPS, provided that an individual’s TPS status is not withdrawn because of ineligibility. DHS also announced an extension of the validity of TPS-related documentation for through January 2, 2020.

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• November 1, 2019

  Continuation of Documentation for Beneficiaries of Temporary Protected Status Designations for El Salvador, Haiti, Honduras, Nepal, Nicaragua, and Sudan

  To comply with a preliminary injunction in Ramos v. Nielsen, No. 18-cv-01554 (N.D. Cal. Oct. 3, 2018) (and the preliminary injunction in Saget and the order to stay proceedings in Bhattarai), DHS published a notice that beneficiaries under the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) designations for El Salvador, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Sudan will retain their TPS, provided that an individual’s TPS status is not withdrawn because of ineligibility. DHS also announced an extension of the validity of TPS-related documentation for through January 4, 2021.

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• September 14, 2020

  Ninth Circuit Ramos Decision

  On September 14, 2020, the Ninth Circuit overturned the district court injunction which had temporarily blocked the Trump Administration's plans to terminate TPS for several countries, including Haiti. However, because the appellate court has not issued its directive to the district court to make that ruling effective, the injunction currently remains in effect. A motion for rehearing en banc was due 11/30/20. Ramos v. Nielsen (N.D. Cal. Case No. 3:18-cv-01554), (9th Cir. Case No. 18-16981). A preliminary injunction issued by the E.D.N.Y. also blocking the termination of Haitian TPS remains in effect and is pending a decision on appeal at the Second Circuit. Saget v. Trump (E.D.N.Y. Case No. 1:18-cv-01599)(2d Cir. Case No. 19-1685).
  
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• December 9, 2020

  Continuation of Documentation for Beneficiaries of Temporary Protected Status Designations for El Salvador, Haiti, Honduras, Nepal, Nicaragua, and Sudan

  DHS announced that beneficiaries under the TPS designation for Haiti will retain their TPS while the preliminary injunctions in Ramos and Saget remain in effect, provided that the TPS is not withdrawn because of individual ineligibility. Although a panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit vacated the injunction in Ramos on September 14, 2020, the appellate court had not issued its directive to the district court to make that ruling effective and the injunction thus remains in place as of 12/09/20.

  The Notice extends the validity of TPS and TPS-related documentation to current TPS holders from El Salvador, Haiti, Honduras, Nicaragua, Nepal, and Sudan through January 4, 2021.

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• February 10, 2023

  9th Cir. Order dated 2.10.23, Ramos v. Wolf

  On February 10, 2023, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals granted a petition for rehearing en banc in Ramos v. Mayorkas, which was brought by a group of TPS holders from El Salvador, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Sudan, and their U.S.-citizen children. In the order granting rehearing, the Court vacated a 2020 decision issued by a three-judge panel in the Ninth Circuit, which reversed a district court injunction of the Trump administration's decisions to terminate TPS for individuals from those four countries.

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• June 29, 2023

  Order Granting DHS Motion to Voluntarily Dismiss Appeal

  On June 29, 2023, an en banc panel of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals granted DHS's motion to voluntarily dismiss its appeal of the district court order in the Ramos litigation. The court's order was based on DHS's decision to newly designate TPS for Haiti and Sudan and to reconsider and rescind the prior administration's challenged decisions to terminate TPS determinations for El Salvador, Honduras, Nepal, and Nicaragua.

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• August 2, 2023

  2023.08.02 - Bhattarai Order Consolidating Case with Ramos

  On August 2, 2023, Judge Edward Chen in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California consolidated the Bhattarai litigation with the Ramos v. Mayorkas case. The plaintiffs in Bhattarai are TPS holders from Honduras and Nepal, while the plaintiffs in Ramos are TPS holders from El Salvador, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Sudan and their U.S. citizen children.

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• December 28, 2023

  2023.12.28 Ramos v. Nielsen_Dist. Court Order Granting DHS' Motion to Dismiss

  On December 28, 2023, Judge Edward Chen in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California granted DHS' motion to dismiss the Ramos lawsuit, finding the Plaintiffs' claims were moot due to the Biden administration's rescission of the Trump-era TPS terminations and extended TPS designations for El Salvador, Honduras, Nepal, and Nicaragua, as well as the redesignation of Sudan and Haiti for TPS. Ramos v. Nielsen, No. 18-CV-01554-EMC, 2023 WL 9002731 (N.D. Cal. Dec. 28, 2023). The decision came after the Ninth Circuit dismissed DHS' appeal of the preliminary injunction issued by Judge Chen in 2018. See Ramos v. Mayorkas, No. 18-16981, 2023 WL 4363667 (9th Cir. June 29, 2023).

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• February 27, 2024

  2024.02.27 Ramos v. Nielsen_Judgment

  On February 27, 2024, Judge Edward Chen in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California enters judgment in favor of DHS in Ramos v. Nielsen after granting DHS' motion to dismiss on December 28, 2023.

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