Subsequent Trump-Era and Court Action(s)

• October 3, 2018

  Federal judge temporarily blocks Trump from ending TPS

  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) (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for El Salvador, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Sudan will retain their TPS, provided that an individual’s TPS status is not withdrawn because of ineligibility.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 2, 2020.

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• November 4, 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for El Salvador, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Sudan will retain their TPS, provided that an individual’s TPS status is not withdrawn because of ineligibility.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 reversed the Ramos district court's ruling and vacated its preliminary injunction, but the Ninth Circuit never issued its mandate because the parties entered into extended mediation while a petition for rehearing en banc was pending before the panel. Ramos v. Nielsen (N.D. Cal. Case No. 3:18-cv-01554); (Ninth Cir. Case No. 18-16981).
  
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• December 9, 2020

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

  DHS announced that beneficiaries under the TPS designation for El Salvador will retain their TPS while the preliminary injunction in Ramos remains 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.

  DHS extended the validity of TPS-related documentation for beneficiaries under the TPS designations for El Salvador, Haiti, Nicaragua, Sudan, Honduras, and Nepal for nine months through October 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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