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Judge extends migrant status protections for 60,000 people from Central America and Nepal

CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES, AUG 1 – The extension blocks Trump-era attempts to end protections, affecting 60,000 people from Honduras, Nicaragua, and Nepal, with many having lived in the U.S. for decades, court records show.

  • On Thursday, a federal judge in California renewed temporary protected status for approximately 60,000 individuals from Asian and Central American countries, including Nepal, Honduras, and Nicaragua.
  • The extension came after protections for about 7,000 Nepalese expired Tuesday and Central American protections were set to end September 8 amid the Trump administration's efforts to remove them.
  • The extension includes roughly 51,000 Hondurans and nearly 3,000 Nicaraguans, who have lived and worked lawfully in the U.S. for over 25 years after recovery from 1998’s Hurricane Mitch.
  • Plaintiffs’ attorney Ahilan Arulanantham said at the Tuesday hearing, "It's awful" and "It is not meant to be permanent," while lawyers argued decisions were racially motivated and politically predetermined.
  • The judge granted the National TPS Alliance's extension request based on evidence of unlawful terminations, signaling ongoing legal challenges to the administration’s immigration policies.
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Immigrants from 16 countries maintain their current TPS in the U.S. and there is a recent extension for Honduras, Nepal and Nicaragua

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Las Vegas Sun broke the news in Las Vegas, United States on Thursday, July 31, 2025.
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