SUPREME COURT DELIVERS A LANDMARK SEVEN TO TWO VERDICT ON A SIGNIFICANT LEGAL MATTER SHAPING IMMIGRATION POLICY TEMPORARY PROTECTED STATUS EXECUTIVE AUTHORITY JUDICIAL POWER HUMANITARIAN OBLIGATIONS CONSTITUTIONAL INTERPRETATION AND THE LIVES FUTURE AND LEGAL UNCERTAINTY FACING HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF VENEZUELAN MIGRANTS IN AMERICA
Temporary Protected Status, commonly known as TPS, was created by Congress in 1990.
The program allows certain foreign nationals already living in the United States to remain temporarily when their home countries face extraordinary circumstances such as:
