A federal judge in Boston is postponing the termination of deportation protections for about 300 immigrants from South Sudan.
Plaintiffs challenging the removal of Temporary Protected Status for the country are likely to prevail with arguments that the government violated the Administrative Procedure Act for, among other reasons, arbitrarily terminating each designation under the program, Judge Patti B. Saris with the US District Court for the District of Massachusetts found.
TPS allows immigrants from designated countries to remain in the US for up to 18 months with legal work authorization when conditions like armed conflict prevent a safe return. The ...