Feb. 10 (UPI) -- A federal appeals court has sided with the Trump administration's effort to end deportation protections for Honduras, Nicaragua and Nepal, a decision that could lead to the removal of tens of thousands of people living in the United States, some of whom have called the country home for up to two decades.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued a stay pending appeal on Monday, granting Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem's emergency request to lift a lower court's order blocking the Trump administration from ending Temporary Protected Status for nationals of those three countries.
"A win for the rule of law and vindication for the U.S. Constitution," Noem said in a social media statement following the ruling on Monday. "TPS was never designed to be permanent, yet previous administrations have used it as a de facto amnesty program for decades.
"Given the improved situation in each of these countries, we are wisely concluding what was intended to be a temporary designation."
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