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The federal department responsible for administering the Temporary Protected Status program and making designation decisions. - Defendant in four parallel TPS litigations; appealing adverse rulings; filing emergency applications with Supreme Court to allow terminations to proceed
Venezuela first received Temporary Protected Status in 2021, shielding hundreds of thousands of its nationals from deportation. In January 2025, newly appointed Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem moved to terminate that protection within days of taking office—an action that two federal courts have now ruled exceeded her statutory authority. On February 3, 2026, a federal judge in Washington, D.C. issued a parallel ruling blocking Noem's termination of Haitian TPS using nearly identical legal reasoning, finding 'substantial' likelihood the decision was motivated by 'hostility to nonwhite immigrants.' The pattern has since expanded: in December 2025, another federal judge blocked terminations for Honduras, Nepal, and Nicaragua on similar grounds, and in November 2025, a New York judge halted the Syria termination. Yet despite these rulings, the Supreme Court has repeatedly stayed lower court orders, allowing terminations to proceed while litigation continues.
Updated 2 days ago
Federal agency responsible for immigration enforcement, border security, and detention operations through ICE and CBP. - Defending mandatory detention policy in court
In July 2025, the Trump administration declared that anyone who crossed the border illegally—even decades ago—is subject to indefinite detention without a bond hearing. The policy affects millions and has kept thousands locked up for months or years while their deportation cases grind through the courts. On December 19 and 26, 2025, federal judges in Massachusetts and California certified classes and ruled the policy unlawful, potentially freeing tens of thousands of detained immigrants to seek release.
Updated Dec 27, 2025
DHS is turning sanctions enforcement into a deterrence-by-publicity campaign. - Political and messaging headquarters for the maritime campaign
The U.S. Coast Guard is now chasing a third Venezuela-linked tanker in international waters near Venezuela—under a judicial seizure order. Two other tankers have already been stopped in the past 11 days, including one dramatic helicopter boarding that the administration amplified on social media.
Updated Dec 21, 2025
DHS oversees ICE and is fighting to preserve broad detention powers in Chicago and nationwide. - Defendant in Castañon Nava, appealing court limits on its officers
Federal agents flooded the Chicago area under “Operation Midway Blitz,” arresting thousands in a sweeping immigration crackdown. A little-known consent decree from an earlier ICE raid suddenly roared back to life, and a Chicago judge ordered hundreds of detainees released — until a divided appeals court slammed on the brakes.
Updated Dec 12, 2025
DHS runs immigration enforcement inside and alongside the new military zones. - Partnering with military inside National Defense Areas
Donald Trump has quietly turned long stretches of the southern border into de facto military bases. Under a new system of National Defense Areas, soldiers can stop migrants, hold them, and help prosecutors charge them as trespassers on military land.
Updated Dec 11, 2025
DHS writes the rules and signs the checks for Trump’s deportation machine. - Oversees ICE and designs overarching deportation and detention policy
An ICE officer emailed a Colombian couple in Texas a choice no parent should face: board a deportation flight or risk a 10‑year prison sentence and losing their six‑year‑old to federal custody. They abandoned their trafficking victim visa case and were on a plane to Bogotá within weeks.
DHS is simultaneously Trump’s deportation hammer and the background-check gatekeeper for million‑dollar migrants. - Running both mass deportation campaigns and security vetting for Gold Card applicants.
Donald Trump is now literally selling a fast track to America. His new Trump Gold Card program lets wealthy foreigners buy expedited U.S. residency for a $1 million “gift” to the government, on top of a $15,000 processing fee, with a corporate option costing $2 million per sponsored worker.
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