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Court blocks Trump effort to end protected status for Venezuelans

An activist wears a T-shirt calling for Temporary Protected Status for Venezuelans in Doral, Florida. [File: Rebecca Blackwell/The Associated Press]

A federal appeals court has blocked an effort by the administration of President Donald Trump to end special protected status for hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans living in the United States.

On Friday, a three-judge panel of the 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a lower court’s ruling, which kept in place Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Venezuelans. The status will remain in place as the legal challenges proceed through the courts.

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