Appeals court allows Trump to end temporary protections for migrants from Central America and Nepal

Summary

A federal appeals court has allowed the Trump administration to end temporary protections for migrants from Central America and Nepal, affecting thousands awaiting removal.

Key Points
  • A federal appeals court in San Francisco upheld the Trump administration's move to end Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for migrants from Honduras, Nicaragua, and Nepal.
  • Around 7,000 migrants from Nepal and over 50,000 from Central America face potential removal as their TPS protections expire.
  • The court granted an emergency stay against a lower court's order that had extended TPS protections pending an appeal.
  • The debate centers on whether the administration's decision was lawful and based on objective review of conditions in migrants' home countries.
  • The ruling is part of a broader Trump-era policy to terminate TPS for hundreds of thousands of migrants from multiple countries.
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