Judge approves Trump effort to end South Sudan TPS protections
Decision follows supreme court ruling that allowed US government to strip protections for Haitians and Syrians Temporary protected status (TPS) for hundreds of South Sudanese nationals in the United States is set to end after a federal judge ruled that the Trump administration can move forward with stripping their protections. On Friday, US district judge Patti Saris of the district of…
A federal judge ruled that the Trump administration can end Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for South Sudanese nationals living in the United States. This decision follows a June 6-3 supreme court ruling allowing the Trump administration to strip TPS protections for hundreds of thousands of Haitians and Syrians. The 15-page ruling by US District Judge Patti Saris of Massachusetts argued that the government's authority to terminate TPS for South Sudan also invalidated its initial issuance of the designation.
Saris cited a self-contradictory foundation in the plaintiffs' arguments, stating that if the DHS lacked the authority to end the South Sudan TPS designation, it would have lacked the authority to grant it in the first place. The ruling has been met with criticism from immigrant advocacy organizations, who argue that South Sudan is experiencing a civil war and humanitarian crisis, with millions of people depending on aid to survive.
The DHS contends that the South Sudan TPS designation was no longer valid due to the country no longer meeting the conditions for the designation, first issued in 2011.
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