Legal Blitz Against TPS Terminations Gains Steam

Attorneys General from 15 states back a federal lawsuit to block DHS from stripping humanitarian protections, calling it a reckless move that punishes survivors of quakes and hurricanes.

WASHINGTON — A coalition of 15 state Attorneys General, including New York’s Letitia James and Massachusetts’ Andrea Joy Campbell, filed an amicus brief this week opposing the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) recent decision to terminate Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for immigrants from Honduras, Nepal, and Nicaragua.

The brief, submitted in the federal case National TPS Alliance v. Noem, challenges the Trump administration-era policy that aims to strip legal status from roughly 60,000 immigrants who have resided and worked in the United States for years. TPS is a humanitarian program established by Congress in 1990 to protect immigrants from countries experiencing natural disasters, armed conflict, or extraordinary conditions, granting them temporary legal residence and work authorization.