TPS Venezuela news: Will TPS for Venezuela change on November 6 while the court order stays paused?

TPS Venezuela today: the court order stays paused for 14 days

For people following the TPS Venezuela case, the November 3 Ninth Circuit order granted the government’s motion for a 14-day administrative stay beginning when the Supreme Court’s mandate issues on November 6. The government had moved “to stay the district court’s preliminary injunction pending appeal.”

For the next 14 days, the district court order stays paused. That order had set aside the Venezuela TPS vacatur and termination, as the Supreme Court described in its order in No. 25A326.

The administrative-stay order does not rule on the government’s motion to stay the preliminary injunction pending appeal. The 14-day administrative stay therefore does not settle what happens after it ends. Dkt. 97 also says the court will set an expedited merits briefing schedule by separate order. In a separate November 3 order, Dkt. 98, the panel requested supplemental letter briefs from the parties addressing the effect, if any, of *Mullin v. Doe* on this case, limited to 20 pages and due no later than 7 days after that order was entered. An immigration lawyer can help put a court order in the context of a particular case.

What changed from the October 30 order

The November 3 order expressly withdraws the panel’s prior October 30 order denying the government’s request for a stay, identified as Dkt. 94. The October 30 order is therefore part of the case history, not the current posture.

The earlier order had denied the government’s requested stay and its fallback request for an administrative stay of at least 21 days. The new order replaces that now-withdrawn ruling with a 14-day administrative stay, while it does not rule on the government’s stay-pending-appeal request.

Why November 6 appears in the order

The November 3 order says the government sought a stay effective when the Supreme Court’s mandate issues on November 6, when the Supreme Court’s stay of the preliminary injunction expires. The Ninth Circuit’s administrative stay uses the same November 6 trigger.

The administrative stay applies for the order’s 14-day duration beginning November 6, keeping paused the district court order that set aside the Venezuela TPS vacatur and termination. The order does not state a calendar end date, so this story does not treat a calculated date as a court holding. It also does not decide the government’s separate request for a stay pending appeal, which is the ruling to watch after the temporary stay. An appeals lawyer can explain the procedural difference between an administrative stay and a final merits decision.

The appeal goes back to the Ninth Circuit for another look

On October 5, the Supreme Court granted review, vacated the earlier Ninth Circuit judgment and remanded the case for further consideration in light of *Mullin v. Doe*. Dkt. 97 says the court will set an expedited merits briefing schedule by separate order. In a separate November 3 order, Dkt. 98, the panel requested supplemental letter briefs from the parties addressing the effect, if any, of *Mullin v. Doe* on this case, limited to 20 pages and due no later than 7 days after that order was entered. It does not decide the government’s pending request for a stay pending appeal.

The November 3 administrative-stay order does not decide the merits of the remanded appeal or resolve the separate request to stay the preliminary injunction pending appeal.

How the TPS Venezuela case got here

The November 3 administrative-stay order is a procedural step in a remanded appeal. Dkt. 97 grants the 14-day administrative stay, which keeps paused the district court order setting aside the Venezuela TPS vacatur and termination; it leaves the government’s stay-pending-appeal request undecided and says an expedited merits schedule will come in a separate order. It does not resolve the appeal’s merits. The same day, Dkt. 98 requested supplemental letter briefs on *Mullin v. Doe*, due within 7 days of entry.

1. October 3, 2025

   The Supreme Court stays the district court’s September 5 order as to the Venezuela vacatur and termination while the appeal and any timely certiorari petition proceed.

2. October 5, 2026

   The Supreme Court grants review, vacates the earlier Ninth Circuit judgment and remands for further consideration in light of Mullin v. Doe.

3. October 30, 2026

   The Ninth Circuit issues Dkt. 94 denying the government’s stay request and fallback administrative-stay request. That order is later withdrawn.

4. November 3, 2026

   The Ninth Circuit issues Dkt. 97, grants a 14-day administrative stay beginning November 6, keeps paused the district court order setting aside the Venezuela TPS vacatur and termination, withdraws Dkt. 94 and does not rule on the government’s pending stay-pending-appeal motion.

5. November 3, 2026

   In Dkt. 98, the Ninth Circuit requests supplemental letter briefs, up to 20 pages, on the effect, if any, of Mullin v. Doe, due no later than 7 days after entry. This is the last docket entry on the public docket copy checked November 4.

What to watch in the court record

The first ruling to watch after the 14-day administrative stay is a decision on the government’s pending motion to stay the preliminary injunction pending appeal. Dkt. 97 does not rule on that request and says the court will separately set an expedited merits briefing schedule. Meanwhile, the panel has already requested supplemental letter briefs on *Mullin v. Doe* in Dkt. 98, due within 7 days of its November 3 entry.

For a different immigration-court development, the DV lottery 2027 court-order story covers another program and another record. Other court-power rulings likewise show why the language and timing of an interim order matter.

1. A Ninth Circuit ruling on the government’s pending motion to stay the preliminary injunction pending appeal, which will determine the posture after the 14-day administrative stay.
2. Any separate Ninth Circuit order setting the expedited merits briefing schedule that Dkt. 97 describes.
3. The parties’ supplemental letter briefs on Mullin v. Doe that Dkt. 98 requested within 7 days of November 3.