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

Several Venezuelans and three immigrant rights groups have sued President Donald Trump's administration over its decision to end temporary protections against deportation for hundreds of thousands of Venezuelan immigrants living in the United States.

The flights, which left Fort Bliss in Texas, represent a significant victory for President Trump, who has vowed to carry out sweeping deportations.

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.