Judge Lets Trump End TPS for 5,000 Ethiopians, Expanding Rollback of Protections
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Updated · CNN · Aug 18
Judge Lets Trump End TPS for 5,000 Ethiopians, Expanding Rollback of Protections
3 articles · Updated · CNN · Aug 18
Summary
About 5,000 Ethiopians can now lose Temporary Protected Status after U.S. District Judge Brian Murphy refused to delay the program’s termination while a lawsuit proceeds.
Murphy rejected claims that DHS violated due process or that then-Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem lacked authority to revoke Ethiopia’s designation.
The administration has argued TPS is temporary by design, while DHS has said Ethiopia no longer meets the conditions for the relief first granted in 2022 and extended in 2024.
Tuesday’s ruling removes the block Murphy had imposed before a February cutoff and adds Ethiopians to recent court-approved TPS terminations affecting Haiti, South Sudan and Somalia.
The decision fits a broader judicial shift after the Supreme Court earlier this summer let the administration end TPS for Syria and Haiti, putting protections for more than 1 million people at risk.