Immigrant rights groups filed a lawsuit on Monday challenging the Trump administration's decision to end temporary protections against deportation for thousands of Haitian and Venezuelan migrants living in the United States.

Immigration advocates have filed two suits challenging the Trump administration’s stripping of deportation protection for some Venezuelans in the United States. The suits target a move by

The lawsuit was filed against the Department of Homeland Security and its secretary, Kristi Noem. Earlier this month, Noem announced the end of deportation relief, known as Temporary Protected Status, for Venezuelans in the United States without permanent legal immigration status.

The lawsuit challenged the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's February 3 decision to end Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for about 348,000 Venezuelan immigrants, more than half of all Venezuelans in the program.

Three organizations filed a lawsuit Monday seeking to block the Trump administration’s attempt to put an early end to Temporary Protected Status for people from Haiti and Venezuela living in the U.S.

Lawyers allege that Trump cannot revoke an extension that has already been granted, and that his decision is being driven by racial and ethnic bias.

On Monday, Lawyers for Civil Rights (LCR) in Boston announced it had filed a federal lawsuit to block the Trump administration’s decision to phase out Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Haitian and Venezuelan immigrants.

Three immigrant advocacy organizations, represented by Lawyers for Civil Rights, filed a federal lawsuit on Monday to block the termination of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Haitian and Venezuelan immigrants announced by the administration of President Donald Trump last month.