A federal judge appointed by Barack Obama issued a fresh order blocking the Trump administration from ending Temporary Protected Status for Somali nationals, a move DHS’s top lawyer called “defiance, obstruction, and delay” in open conflict with the Supreme Court.
U.S. District Judge Allison Burroughs entered the administrative stay from her Massachusetts courtroom after plaintiffs filed an amended complaint and emergency motion the day before. The new complaint rewrites the legal challenge around the Fifth Amendment, alleging the administration’s decision to revoke Somalia’s TPS designation violated both due process and equal protection guarantees. Burroughs declared the TPS termination “void” for now while she decides whether the constitutional claims justify a longer pause.
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