Temporary protection status is a designation that can be granted by the Secretary of Internal Security, preventing the deportation of migrants and allowing them to work. The Trump administration has been trying to remove this protection, making it more eligible for deportation, underlined than the purpose of the Republican government is to make mass deportations of immigrants.
A Federal Court of Appeal of the United States suspended an order that temporarily protected 60,000 immigrants from Central America and Nepal from being deported from that country, the Associated Press reported.
The suspension of the protection order allows the government of US President Donald Trump to advance with the deportation of about 7,000 Nepal immigrants, whose designations of temporary protection status (TPS) expired on August 5.
The designations of Temporary Protection Statute (TPS) and the legal statute of 51,000 Honduras immigrants and 3,000 Nicaragua immigrants expire on September 8, when they will become eligible for deportation.
A district court authorized the order of protection while awaiting the judgment of the appeal, as defenders of immigrant rights claim that the government acted illegally when ending temporary protection status for Honduras, Nicaragua and Nepal.
“The order of the District Court that authorized the request for the postponement of immigrants, issued on July 31, 2025, is suspended, awaiting new order of this Court,” wrote the judges of the Federal Court of Appeal, appointed by Democrat Bill Clinton and the Republicans George W. Bush and Donald Trump.
Temporary protection status is a designation that can be granted by the Secretary of Internal Security, preventing the deportation of migrants and allowing them to work. Donald Trump’s administration has been trying to remove this protection, making it more eligible for deportation, underlined than the purpose of the Republican government is to make mass deportations of immigrants.
Immigrant rights advocates say Nepal’s TPs have been living in the US for over a decade, while Hondurens and Nicaraguns have been living in the country 26 years ago after the 1998 Mitch Hurricane has devastated both countries.
“The Trump administration is systematically canceling the documentation of immigrants who have been legally living in this country for decades to create US citizens, opening business and contributing to their communities,” said National Day Labor Organization, Jessica Bansal, in a statement.
