The National TPS Alliance and individual TPS holders sued the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), its Secretary, and the United States, challenging the termination of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Honduras, Nepal, and Nicaragua. Plaintiffs argue that the terminations, carried out under Executive Order 14159 "Protecting the American People Against Invasion," were preordained, based on discriminatory animus, and not grounded in an objective assessment of country conditions. They argue these terminations violated the Fifth Amendment’s equal protection guarantee, the Administrative Procedure Act, and statutory requirements governing TPS.
