Immigration lawyer Jodi Goodwin said her Venezuelan clients for years held onto the idea that their status in the US was stable. They had work permits and paid taxes under a US humanitarian program that offered refuge from turmoil back home.

In a term that was increasingly overshadowed by emergency requests related to President Trump’s swift executive actions, justices heard arguments on transgender rights, the role of religion in public life,

U.S. Supreme Court's Friday ruling rejecting the Trump administration's stance over the deportation of Venezuelan migrants has been praised by immigration rights activists and political commentators on social media.