Judge clears Trump to end Somalia TPS protections after court ruling

Key Points:

• A federal judge in Boston lifted a stay preventing the Trump administration from terminating Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for thousands of Somali nationals, following a June Supreme Court ruling limiting judicial review of similar immigration decisions.
• The ruling allows the Department of Homeland Security to end TPS protections for Somalia, potentially exposing affected migrants without other lawful status to deportation.
• Plaintiffs argued the termination was motivated by racial and national-origin bias, citing former President Trump's derogatory remarks about Somalis, but the judge said the Supreme Court's decision constrained her ability to block the administration's action.
• Although the judge acknowledged the plaintiffs could suffer irreparable harm and found the government had not shown undue burden in maintaining TPS, she ultimately lifted the stay due to legal limitations imposed by the Supreme Court ruling.
• Approximately 2,471 Somali nationals currently hold TPS in the U.S., with another 1,383 pending applications, and the termination affects this population's legal protections.