Original Date Announced

DHS Secretary Noem announced the termination of Temporary Protected Statuts (TPS) designation for Nepal after determining that conditions in Nepal no longer meet the statutory requirement for TPS. According to the Federal Register Notice, Secretary Noem found that “there are notable improvements in environmental disaster preparedness and response capacity, as well as substantial reconstruction from the earthquake’s destruction such that there is no longer a disruption of living conditions and Nepal is able to handle adequately the return of its nationals.”

The TPS designation for Nepal will terminate on August 5, 2025.

Trump 2.0 [ID #1790]

Subsequent Trump and Court Action

2025.07.07 Complaint - National TPS Alliance v. Noem

The National TPS Alliance and individual plaintiffs with TPS status challenged Secretary Noem's the termination of TPS designations for Honduras, Nepal, and Nicaragua. The complaint alleges that

1. The terminations were arbitrary and capricious under the Administrative Procedure Act (APA) because they were the result of a "preordained, political decision to terminate TPS wholesale" rather than a consideration of the mandatory statutory factors, the review process deviated from prior practice without explanation, the rationales provided were pretextual, and the decisions assumed that prior TPS designations were illegal;
2. Because the Department of Homeland Security has always provided more than 60 days' notice before terminating TPS in prior instances, that its failure to do so here was arbitrary and capricious; and
3. The terminations violate the equal protection component of the Fifth Amendment because they were motivated at least in part by racial animus.

The plaintiffs request that the court set aside the terminations as unlawful, postpone their effective date, enjoin the defendants from enforcing the terminations, and order the defendants to keep the TPS designations in effect. National TPS Alliance v. Noem, 3:25-cv-05687, (N.D. Cal.).

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