Summary
A federal judge stopped the Trump administration's attempt to end the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for about 60,000 migrants from Honduras, Nepal, and Nicaragua. This ruling blocks a previous decision to cancel TPS, which allows these migrants to live and work legally in the U.S. due to conditions in their home countries, like natural disasters.
Key Facts
- A judge ruled against ending TPS for 60,000 migrants from Honduras, Nepal, and Nicaragua.
- TPS lets people from affected countries live and work in the U.S. temporarily.
- The Trump administration wanted to end TPS for these countries, saying they had recovered from past disasters.
- Judge Trina Thompson declared this move unlawful in a detailed ruling.
- TPS was initially provided to Honduras and Nicaragua after Hurricane Mitch and to Nepal after an earthquake.
- An earlier ruling by Judge Thompson was paused by an appeals court but is now back in effect.
- TPS affects 50,000 Hondurans, 7,000 Nepalis, and 3,000 Nicaraguans.
- Separately, a judge in Massachusetts stopped deportations of South Sudanese nationals under the TPS program.
