In 2021, then-DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas designated Venezuela under the TPS program. Soon after the Trump administration took office, the new DHS secretary, Kristi Noem, ended both the 2023 designation of Venezuela under the TPS program and the 2025 extension of that designation. Solicitor General D. John Sauer went to the Supreme Court, asking the justices to intervene. It rejected the Trump administration’s argument that the Supreme Court’s earlier order required it to pause Chen’s most recent decision. Sauer came back to the Supreme Court on Sept. 19, asking the justices to step in.