Appeals Court Allows End to Temporary Protections for 61,000 Central Americans and Nepalese

Aug 25, 2025 | Immigration Articles

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit granted an emergency stay pending appeal that allows the Trump administration to move forward with plans to end Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for an estimated 61,000 people from Honduras, Nicaragua, and Nepal.

The TPS designation for 7,000 Nepalese expired on August 5, 2025. The TPS designations for 51,000 Hondurans and 3,000 Nicaraguans will expire on September 8, 2025.

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