US Judge Halts End of Deportation Protections for South Sudanese Migrants |
REUTERS—A federal judge on Tuesday blocked plans by U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration to end temporary protections from deportation that had been granted to hundreds of South Sudanese nationals living in the United States.
U.S. District Judge Angel Kelley in Boston granted an emergency request by several South Sudanese nationals and an immigrant rights group to prevent the Temporary Protected Status they had been granted from expiring as planned after Jan. 5.
Kelley issued the order after four migrants from South Sudan, along with African Communities Together, a nonprofit group, sued. The lawsuit alleged that action by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security was unlawful and exposed them to being deported to a country facing a series of humanitarian........