U.S. Court Allows Officials to end Protected Status for 60,000 Migrants from Nepal, Honduras and Nicaragua

On August 20, a three-judge panel from the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals stayed a district court order that had temporarily postponed Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Honduras, Nepal and Nicaragua.

In a sharply written order issued on July 31, 2025, U.S. District Judge Trina L. Thompson in San Francisco kept the protections in place while the case proceeds. Judge Thompson’s order postpones the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s (USDHS) termination of TPS for these countries at least until a hearing on the merits on November 18, 2025. The appeals court states that “The district court’s order granting plaintiffs’ motion to postpone, entered July 31, 2025, is stayed pending further order of this court.” The appeals court case is National TPS Alliance et al. v. Noem et al., 25-4901