The United States Supreme Court on Monday allowed President Donald Trump’s administration to revoke the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) granted to hundreds of thousands of Venezuelan immigrants, paving the way for their deportation.

The Supreme Court's ruling letting the Trump administration revoke TPS for about 350,000 Venezuelans may have wrenching effects on Florida's economy.

Luis Cortes Romero a DACA recipient and immigration lawyer with Novo Legal explains implications of Supreme Court ruling to allow Trump administration to cancel protected status for Venezuelans. Trump officials asked the justices to lift a lower-court order that barred the administration from ending TPS for Venezuelans while litigation continues.

"Without Temporary Protected Status, if somebody never applied for asylum, they are in fact eligible for deportation, and they're at risk for deportation," said Erendira Rendon, vice president for immigrant justice at the Resurrection Project.

When TPS ends, those with pending asylum applications can legally remain in the U.S. while awaiting a decision. Many Venezuelans have been waiting for years for their asylum cases to be resolved. For them, the end of TPS will have little immediate effect, as they can continue to stay legally while their applications are processed.

The status allows people already in the United States to live and work legally because their native countries are deemed unsafe for return due to

U.S. Rep. Carlos Gimenez (R-FL) emphasized the positive contributions of Venezuelan immigrants and urged people not to generalize based on isolated criminal activity.

The Supreme Court on Monday cleared the way for President Donald Trump’s administration to strip temporary deportation protections from potentially hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans.

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