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Judge Temporarily Blocks Trump Administration Move to End TPS for South Sudanese

The pause gives the court time to review a lawsuit alleging DHS unlawfully terminated protections.

FILE - Motorists pass outside Bor State Hospital in Bor, South Sudan, Monday, Aug. 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Caitlin Kelly, File)
Jhonny Silva stands before a crowd of organizers and community members gathered in solidarity against the termination of TPS. Photo by Sage Rios Mace.
FILE - Supporters of temporary protected status immigrants hold signs and cheer at a rally before a conference announcing a lawsuit against the Trump administration over its decision to end a program letting immigrants live and work legally in the United States outside of a federal courthouse in San Francisco, March 12, 2018. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)
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Overview

  • U.S. District Judge Angel Kelley issued an administrative stay on Dec. 30 that prevents the South Sudan TPS designation from expiring in early January.
  • Roughly 232 current beneficiaries and about 73 applicants retain work authorization and protection from deportation during the stay.
  • DHS must file its opposition by Jan. 9, and the plaintiffs’ reply is due Jan. 13, after which the court will consider next steps.
  • Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem moved to terminate TPS on Nov. 5, citing improved conditions, a contention plaintiffs and U.N. experts dispute given persistent violence and humanitarian crises in South Sudan.
  • The case is part of broader challenges to TPS rollbacks, and on Dec. 31 a federal judge in California also blocked terminations for Honduran, Nepalese and Nicaraguan nationals.