Supreme Court Allows Cancellation of TPS for Venezuelans to Proceed

For the time being, ICE can continue with the cancellation of TPS for Venezuelans.

Last Friday, in a 6-3 decision without explanation or signature, the Supreme Court allowed the Trump administration to proceed, for now, with the cancellation of TPS for Venezuela in 2023. A federal judge in California, Judge Edward Chen, had placed a block on the 2023 TPS cancellation for Venezuelans, allowing them to continue residing and working in the United States without fear of deportation while the case proceeds in federal court.

Unfortunately, the Supreme Court's decision suspended the block, allowing ICE to detain and deport Venezuelans who were previously protected by TPS 2023, affecting hundreds of thousands, including many Venezuelans here in Michigan, among them several who were to be deported last week and had obtained their release documents due to the California judge's decision, but now their release documents have been canceled.

It is sad to realize that the Supreme Court does not want to support immigrants and at least give them a chance while the case is still in the courts. It is not a final decision, but it gives the possibility that while they make the final decision, they can deport them, and it is very unfortunate, especially because they go so far as to say that the community is not being affected by being deported or fired from work while the case is still in court, as if it were not significant damage.

Before the Supreme Court's decision, we heard several rumors that ICE was pressuring and trying to force immigrants protected by TPS to accept their deportation. If you have information about people who were being pressured to sign their deportation, it is important that we talk to them.

We will be watching to see what happens in the future when the case itself reaches the Supreme Court, although it does not look very good. If you have any questions, you can call our office at 616-235-4577.

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VICTORY FOR CHICAGO IMMIGRANTS AGAINST RAIDS

A few days ago, Federal Judge Jeffrey I. Cummings in Chicago approved and confirmed the right of immigrants not to be detained without an arrest warrant. In a lawsuit filed by several pro-immigrant organizations in the Chicago area, they asked the judge to overturn recent deportation orders under the famous Midway Blitz operation, in which thousands of immigrants were detained without arrest warrants. According to the judge's decision, these individuals recently arrested in Illinois could not be detained if the officers did not have an arrest warrant. You should know that this decision only applies to individuals in the state of Illinois and does not apply to the state of Michigan, where, thankfully, there have not yet been any mass raids, but there could be in the future.

If you have family members or friends in Chicago who were arrested without a warrant, they need to contact a lawyer. We know that several have been transferred to the North Lake detention center in Michigan after their arrest in Chicago.

We must continue to fight.

Yes, we can!