A group of Venezuelan migrants has launched a fierce legal assault against President Donald Trump’s administration, challenging the decision to strip Temporary Protected Status (TPS) from over 600,000 Venezuelans. On Friday, the lawsuit was filed in San Francisco federal court, claiming the move is illegal, steeped in racial bias, and part of a deliberate pattern to target nonwhite immigrants. For conservatives, this is another example of the left weaponizing the courts to undermine Trump’s America First agenda, which prioritizes national security and sovereignty over open-border chaos.

The plaintiffs, backed by the ACLU Foundation of Northern California, the Center for Immigration Law and Policy at UCLA, the ACLU Foundation of Southern California, and the National Day Laborer Organizing Network, argue that ending TPS violates federal law. They represent eight Venezuelan TPS holders, including two university students, a factory worker with a 12-year-old daughter, and an instructional coach who’s lived in the U.S. for 12 years with family ties here.

“These actions have the effect of robbing 600,000 Venezuelan TPS holders of the right to live and work in this country for the next 18 months,” the lawsuit states.

Without TPS, at least 350,000 Venezuelans face losing legal status by April 7, with work permits expiring as early as April 2. Another 257,000 could follow by September, per the Miami Herald. The suit slams DHS Secretary Kristi Noem for axing an 18-month extension granted by Biden just before he left office, calling it a racist power grab.

“Making matters worse, that statement is just one among a torrent of similar racist statements that Secretary Noem, President Trump, and members of the Trump campaign and administration have made to attack and marginalize nonwhite immigrants generally, and the Venezuelan TPS community in particular,” the filing asserts.

They accuse Noem of smearing TPS holders as Tren de Aragua (TdA) gang members—a Venezuelan prison gang terrorizing U.S. communities—claiming her warnings are “overblown” and her assertion that Venezuela emptied mental health facilities into the U.S. is “baseless.” The suit also targets White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller and Secretary of State Marco Rubio, alleging they’ve pushed white nationalist talking points and exaggerated TdA threats.

“During President Trump’s first term, every federal district court to consider the question found ‘evidence that President Trump harbors an animus against non-white, non-European aliens which influenced his (and thereby the Secretary’s) decision to end the TPS designation[s]’ for El Salvador, Haiti, Sudan, and Nicaragua in 2017 and 2018,” the plaintiffs argue.

This isn’t new territory for Trump. His first term saw similar battles to end TPS for multiple nations, often stalled by leftist judges. Now, with Venezuela agreeing to take back deportees—including TdA thugs—per Trump’s Saturday Truth Social post, the administration is doubling down. DHS confirmed over 300,000 Venezuelans lost TPS from the 2023 designation, a move Noem оправдала last week, signaling a broader rollback of Biden’s soft-on-crime immigration mess.

Conservatives see this lawsuit as a desperate ploy by open-border advocates to thwart Trump’s mandate. Venezuelans poured in during the 2021-2024 border crisis, exploiting Biden’s parole programs—now scrapped by Trump. Republicans argue TPS has morphed into a permanent backdoor for illegals, not a temporary shield. With Noem raiding sanctuary cities and Gitmo filling up with gang members, the GOP is reclaiming control, ensuring American safety trumps sob stories. This fight’s just beginning, but Trump’s resolve is ironclad—deport the threats, secure the nation, period.