Trump to terminate deportation protection for thousands of Hondurans and Nicaraguans in U.S
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Department of Homeland Security will terminate deportation protections for thousands of Hondurans and Nicaraguans in the U.S., according to U.S. government notices posted on Monday, part of a broad effort by President Donald Trump to strip legal status from migrants.
The terminations, effective September 6, would end Temporary Protected Status for an estimated 72,000 Hondurans and 4,000 Nicaraguans who have had access to the legal status since 1999, according to a pair of notices posted online on Monday.
Trump, a Republican, has sought to end temporary legal status for hundreds of thousands of migrants in the U.S., including some who have lived and worked there legally for decades. The Trump administration argues that deportation protections were overused in the past and that many immigrants no longer merit protections.
Democrats and advocates say that the migrants could be forced to return to dangerous conditions and that U.S. employers depend on their labor.
During his 2017-2021 presidency, Trump sought to end most TPS enrollment, including the designations covering Honduras and Nicaragua, but was blocked by federal courts.
(Reporting by Ted Hesson; Additional reporting by Jasper Ward; Editing by Chizu Nomiyama )
Hashtags
Try Our AI Features
Explore what Daily8 AI can do for you:
Comments
No comments yet...
Related Articles
The Star
10 minutes ago
- The Star
Trial opens against Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and other leaders over Facebook privacy violations
Investors allege in their lawsuit that Meta did not fully disclose the risks that Facebook users' personal information would be misused by Cambridge Analytica. — Photo by Shutter Speed on Unsplash WILMINGTON: An US$8bil (RM33.9bil) class action investors' lawsuit against Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and company leaders – current and former – began Wednesday, with claims stemming from the 2018 privacy scandal involving the Cambridge Analytica political consulting firm. Investors allege in their lawsuit that Meta did not fully disclose the risks that Facebook users' personal information would be misused by Cambridge Analytica, a firm that supported Donald Trump's successful Republican presidential campaign in 2016. Shareholders say Facebook officials repeatedly and continually violated a 2012 consent order with the Federal Trade Commission under which Facebook agreed to stop collecting and sharing personal data on platform users and friends without their consent. Facebook later sold user data to commercial partners in direct violation of the consent order and removed disclosures from privacy settings that were required under consent order, the lawsuit alleges. The fallout led to Facebook agreeing to pay a US$5.1bil (RM21.6bil) penalty to settle FTC charges. The social media giant also faced significant fines in Europe and reached a US$725mil (RM3bil) privacy settlement with users. Now shareholders want Zuckerberg and others to reimburse Meta for the FTC fine and other legal costs, which the plaintiffs estimate total more than US$8bil (RM33.9bil). The first trial witness, privacy expert Neil Richards, testified Monday morning for the shareholders. "Facebook's privacy disclosures were misleading,' said Richards, a professor at Washington University Law School. In later testimony, Jeffrey Zients, who served on Facebook's board from 2018 to 2020, testified that consumer privacy and user data were priorities for both management and the board. Nonetheless, he supported settling with the FTC as it investigated potential violations of the 2012 consent order, so the company could move forward. "It was difficult because this was a lot of money, but I think it was better than the alternative,' Zients said. Asked if the board considered making its founder a party to the settlement, he said Zuckerberg was "essential' to running the company. And, Zients, who served in both the Obama and Biden administrations, said, "there was no indication that he had done anything wrong.' The case is expected to run through late next week and include testimony from both Zuckerberg and former Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg. Other witnesses expected in Delaware Chancery Court, where Facebook parent Meta Platforms Inc. is incorporated, include board member Marc Andreessen and former board member Peter Thiel. The judge is not expected to rule for several months. Meta had hoped the Supreme Court would dismiss the case. Justices heard arguments in November before deciding they should not have taken it up. The high court dismissed the company's appeal, leaving in place an appellate ruling allowing the case to go forward. – AP
Malay Mail
10 minutes ago
- Malay Mail
Trump pulls federal funding for California high-speed rail, calls it ‘a scam'
LOS ANGELES, July 17 — US President Donald Trump announced yesterday that his administration was cutting billions in federal funding for the construction of a high-speed rail line in California, a project beset by delays. The Republican had previously signaled his opposition to the project, launched 15 years ago to build a high-speed train connecting Los Angeles and San Francisco. 'Not a SINGLE penny in Federal Dollars will go towards this Newscum SCAM ever again,' he posted on social media, using a pejorative name for California Governor Gavin Newsom, a Democrat and bitter political rival of the US president. 'This was an ill-conceived and unnecessary project, and a total waste of Taxpayer money,' said Trump. Launched in 2008, the project to connect the two main cities of the country's most populous state has seen numerous delays and overshot budgets. Trump had earlier canceled federal funding for the project in his first term, but the move was suspended after California challenged it in court. When Democrat Joe Biden was elected president in 2020, he restored the funds. Trump returned to office in January, and in June, his administration threatened to cancel US$4 billion in funding for the project after a report by the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) concluded that the initial section of the line would not be completed by a 2033 deadline. 'Governor Newsom and California's high speed rail boondoggle are the definition of government incompetence and possibly corruption,' said US Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy in a post on social media. Duffy alleged the project's price tag had gone up from US$33 billion to US$135 billion, 'with no completion date in sight.' 'That's why TODAY we're pulling the plug on federal funding for this train to nowhere,' he said. Governor Newsom hit back on social media by assailing Duffy over the recent US air safety record. 'Won't be taking advice from the guy who can't keep planes in the sky,' he said. Even if California once again challenges Trump's decision in court, the funding cancellation would be a serious blow to the project, with new delays almost inevitable. Unlike Europe or Asia, passenger rail travel is one of the least developed forms of transportation in the United States, with high-speed rail virtually non-existent. The country's first fully high-speed rail line, planned to run about 220 miles (355 kilometers) between Los Angeles and Las Vegas, is expected to be completed by 2028, in time for the Olympic Games. — AFP
Free Malaysia Today
36 minutes ago
- Free Malaysia Today
Trump says he has ‘two or three' choices to replace Fed's Powell
Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell, whose term ends in May 2026, was nominated by Donald Trump during his first administration. (AFP pic) WASHINGTON : US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he has two or three top choices to replace Jerome Powell as Federal Reserve chair. Powell, whose term ends in May 2026, was nominated by Trump to lead the US central bank during his first administration. When asked abroad Air Force One whether he has a top choice to succeed Powell, Trump told reporters, 'I have two or three top choices,' but declined to provide further information. The Wall Street Journal reported last week that Trump is considering former Fed governor Kevin Warsh and National Economic Council director Kevin Hassett as replacements. Treasury secretary Scott Bessent is also being pitched as a potential candidate, according to the newspaper, which also listed former World Bank president David Malpass and Fed governor Christopher Waller as potential nominees. According to the Journal, Trump has toyed with the idea of selecting and announcing a replacement as early as September or October. However, Bessent told Bloomberg TV on Monday that the Trump administration is considering using the next expected Federal Reserve Board of Governors vacancy in early 2026 for appointing a successor. Since returning to the White House in January, Trump has criticised Powell and other Fed governors for deciding not to lower interest rates, which are currently in the 4.25%-4.50% range. Fed chairs have long been seen as insulated from presidential dismissal for reasons other than malfeasance or misconduct, but Trump has threatened to test that legal premise with frequent threats to fire Powell. A supreme court ruling in May eased concerns that Trump could fire Powell as the justices called the Fed 'a uniquely structured, quasi-private entity.'
