U.S. federal judge pauses Trump's plan to end deportation protection for Venezuelans

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A U.S. federal judge, Edward Chen, has temporarily halted the Trump administration's plan to end Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Venezuelans. teleSUR

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00:00California Federal Judge Edward Shen blocked U.S. President Donald Trump's intention to

00:04end temporary protected status for Venezuelan nationals who have been granted this condition.

00:09Shen paused Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem's decision to withdraw the status

00:14that protects some 600,000 Venezuelans from being deported to their country of origin.

00:19The ruling states that the U.S. government has no evidence that granting such status

00:23to Venezuelan citizens would cause any harm. After the inauguration of the current president,

00:27the Biden government updated the TPS so that it would be valid for another 18 months.

00:32However, Trump opposed this decision and requested the suspension of this prerogative.

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