New York Attorney General Letitia James co-led a coalition of 17 attorneys general in defending hundreds of thousands of Venezuelan immigrants who have had their legal status threatened after the Trump administration attempted to eliminate Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Venezuelan immigrants. The TPS program is a critical humanitarian lifeline established by Congress in 1990 that protects immigrants from being returned to certain countries deemed unsafe, allowing them to work and build a life in the United States. In an amicus brief filed in National TPS Alliance v. Noem, Attorney General James and the coalition urge the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit to uphold a lower court’s decision postponing the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s early termination of TPS for Venezuelan immigrants. The attorneys general support the lower court’s finding that the termination is likely arbitrary and unlawful.  “The Department of Homeland Security’s decision to strip TPS from Venezuelan immigrants is an affront to our nation’s core values and a dangerous attempt to undermine the rule of law. I will not sit idly by while this administration undermines the safety of hundreds of thousands of people and violates the rights of those seeking a better life for their families while contributing to our communities.” – AG James