A federal judge has allowed the administration’s plan to end Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Somali nationals to move forward, according to The Post Millennial.
What the judge did
The outlet reports that U.S. District Judge Allison Burroughs lifted a stay that had prevented the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) from terminating Somalia’s TPS designation. Per the same report, Burroughs cited a June Supreme Court decision that limits judicial review of certain TPS-related decisions.
The legal backdrop
As described by The Post Millennial, the Supreme Court ruled that the TPS statute bars judicial review of certain nonconstitutional challenges to changes in TPS designations. That ruling, the outlet reports, shaped Burroughs’s decision to lift the stay.
Where this could reach next
Reuters reported that, following the Supreme Court’s decision, two other federal judges allowed TPS terminations for South Sudan and Myanmar. Those developments suggest broader implications for ongoing TPS litigation.
Who could be affected
The source article, citing U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), states that 2,471 Somali nationals currently hold TPS in the United States, with another 1,383 applications pending.
