A federal judge on Nov. 19 temporarily blocked the Trump administration from ending the temporary protected status (TPS) for more than 6,000 Syrians while a legal challenge proceeds.
U.S. District Judge Katherine Polk Failla in Manhattan said terminating the temporary protected status abruptly was likely to be illegal, agreeing with seven Syrian migrants who had sought to block the policy from taking effect on Nov. 21.
She said the government had terminated temporary protected status for hundreds of thousands of immigrants from several countries in a matter of months, suggesting it is not giving careful consideration in each case as required by federal law….