In the unsigned decision, the Supreme Court granted a stay on Chen’s order, meaning DHS can move forward in its efforts to end protected legal status for hundreds of thousands of immigrants from Venezuela, Cuba, Haiti and Nicaragua who came via parole processes under Biden.

For the loved ones of TPS beneficiaries, the Supreme Court decision ignites fear of family separations and the loss of livelihoods. When it moved to revoke the TPS protections in February, the Department of Homeland Security said Venezuela had seen “notable” improvements in economy, public health and crime.

U.S. Supreme Court's Friday ruling rejecting the Trump administration's stance over the deportation of Venezuelan migrants has been praised by immigration rights activists and political commentators on social media.