Rosen Joins Brief Urging Federal Court to Uphold Temporary Protected Status for Venezuela

WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Senator Jacky Rosen (D-NV) joined Senate and House colleagues in submitting an amicus brief urging a federal court to uphold the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) designation for Venezuela. The brief was submitted to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in the case of National TPS Alliance et al. v. Noem, urging the reversal of the Trump Administration's baseless decision to vacate and terminate the TPS designation for Venezuela. First granted for Venezuela in 2021, TPS has provided approximately 600,000 Venezuelans in the U.S. refuge from economic turmoil and humanitarian crisis in their home country, and authorization to live and work legally in America.

"Venezuelans still face dire and unimaginable conditions as a result of the Maduro regime's brutality and oppression," said Senator Rosen. "TPS has allowed law-abiding Venezuelans to escape political violence, and legally live in the United States and contribute to our economy. I'll keep fighting to protect this critical program."

Read the full brief HERE.

Senator Rosen has been outspoken in her strong support for TPS recipients and their families. Earlier this year, she introduced the Protect Sensitive Locations Act, which would provide commonsense protections against immigration enforcement in sensitive locations like schools, hospitals, and churches. She also strongly denounced the Trump Administration for revoking a previously authorized TPS extension for immigrants from Venezuela. Senator Rosen also applauded the prior Administration's extension of TPS status for immigrants from El Salvador and Venezuela, after calling on the Biden Administration to continue to protect displaced Salvadorans and Venezuelans.

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