{"id":27222,"date":"2026-08-04T11:30:31","date_gmt":"2026-08-04T06:30:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=27222"},"modified":"2026-08-04T11:30:31","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T06:30:31","slug":"andy-ogles-files-impeachment-resolution-against-judge-blocking-trump-order","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=27222","title":{"rendered":"Andy Ogles files impeachment resolution against judge blocking Trump order"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div id=\"beyondwords-wrapper\" data-layout-index=\"5\" class=\"beyondwords-wrapper\">\n<p><span class=\"label-bg\">NEW<\/span>You can now listen to Fox News articles!\n  <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\" class=\"speakable\"><strong>FIRST ON FOX: <\/strong>The federal judge who blocked the Trump administration from ending protections for Somalis in the U.S. is facing a new impeachment threat from <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_politics_article_main-content_article-body_6_551483\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/person\/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">President Donald Trump&#8217;s<\/a> allies in Congress.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\" class=\"speakable\">Rep. Andy Ogles, R-Tenn., has filed an impeachment resolution against Judge Allison Burroughs, a federal judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">Burroughs issued a stay on Friday temporarily blocking the Trump administration from ending Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Somalis, according to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), amid an ongoing lawsuit by African Communities Together arguing the move was made based on racially discriminatory grounds.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\"><a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_politics_article_main-content_article-body_6_551484\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/supreme-court-weighs-trump-effort-terminate-temporary-protections-haitian-syrian-migrants\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>SUPREME COURT WEIGHS TRUMP EFFORT TO TERMINATE TEMPORARY PROTECTIONS FOR HAITIAN, SYRIAN MIGRANTS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div data-layout-index=\"5\" class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/343\/192\/donald-trump.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/686\/384\/donald-trump.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"192\" width=\"343\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/672\/378\/donald-trump.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1344\/756\/donald-trump.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"378\" width=\"672\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/931\/523\/donald-trump.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1862\/1046\/donald-trump.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"523\" width=\"931\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/720\/405\/donald-trump.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1440\/810\/donald-trump.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"405\" width=\"720\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1200\/675\/donald-trump.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"Donald Trump raising his hands\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><span>President Donald Trump speaks during a Cabinet meeting at Camp David in Maryland on July 31, 2026.<\/span> <span>(Aaron Schwartz\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">Ogles&#8217; resolution, first obtained by Fox News Digital, accused Burroughs of having &#8220;defied the authority of both Federal law and the <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_politics_article_main-content_article-body_6_551485\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/politics\/judiciary\/supreme-court\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Supreme Court.&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">&#8220;There is no serious debate about what is going on in these cases\u2014defiance, obstruction, and delay,&#8221; DHS General Counsel James Percival posted on X on Friday.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">The order came despite a Supreme Court ruling in June that significantly curbed lower courts&#8217; ability to block TPS decisions.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\"><a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_politics_article_main-content_article-body_6_551486\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/supreme-courts-latest-immigration-ruling-cause-americans-die-suffer-attorney-warns\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>SUPREME COURT&#8217;S LATEST IMMIGRATION RULING WILL CAUSE AMERICANS TO &#8216;DIE AND SUFFER&#8217; ATTORNEY WARNS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">But the latest stay order is based on an amended complaint by the plaintiffs aiming to account for that ruling.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">Ogles argued in his impeachment resolution, &#8220;In issuing this stay, Judge Burroughs attempted to get around the Supreme Court\u2019s ruling in Mullin v. Doe by entertaining spurious allegations of racial and national-origin discrimination against an Administration that has chosen to not renew a single temporary protected status designation.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div data-layout-index=\"5\" class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/343\/192\/andy-ogles-july-2025.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/686\/384\/andy-ogles-july-2025.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"192\" width=\"343\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/672\/378\/andy-ogles-july-2025.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1344\/756\/andy-ogles-july-2025.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"378\" width=\"672\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/931\/523\/andy-ogles-july-2025.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1862\/1046\/andy-ogles-july-2025.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"523\" width=\"931\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/720\/405\/andy-ogles-july-2025.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1440\/810\/andy-ogles-july-2025.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"405\" width=\"720\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1200\/675\/andy-ogles-july-2025.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"andy-ogles-july-2025\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><span>Rep. Andy Ogles, R-Tenn., leaves a meeting of the House Republican Conference in the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday, July 22, 2025.<\/span> <span>(Tom Williams\/CQ-Roll Call, Inc. via Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">&#8220;This judicial activist&#8217;s obstruction of the people&#8217;s will must be stopped,&#8221; Ogles told Fox News Digital. &#8220;Judge Burroughs must be impeached.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\"><a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_politics_article_main-content_article-body_6_551487\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/florida-congressman-moves-impeach-judge-ordered-convicted-cuban-plane-hijacker-freed-ice\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>FLORIDA CONGRESSMAN MOVES TO IMPEACH JUDGE WHO ORDERED CONVICTED CUBAN PLANE HIJACKER FREED FROM ICE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">Fox News Digital reached out to the Massachusetts district court for a response to Ogles&#8217; impeachment threat earlier Monday.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">TPS is a humanitarian program providing <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_politics_article_main-content_article-body_6_551488\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/immigration\/deportation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">safe harbor<\/a> in the U.S. for people who fled natural disasters or war in their home countries.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">Ogles&#8217; impeachment resolution is one of several that has been filed by Trump allies in Congress so far during the president&#8217;s second term.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">A significant effort to pursue impeachment against U.S. federal <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_politics_article_main-content_article-body_6_551489\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/dc-appeals-court-orders-judge-boasberg-halt-trump-contempt-probe-over-deportation-flights\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">judge James Boasberg fell flat<\/a> last year after senior House Republicans argued it was not the most effective way to rein in what they called &#8220;rogue&#8221; judges.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\"><a href=\"https:\/\/foxnews.onelink.me\/xLDS?pid=AppArticleLink&amp;af_dp=foxnewsaf%3A%2F%2F&amp;af_web_dp=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.foxnews.com%2Fapps-products\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE FOX NEWS APP<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">But <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_politics_article_main-content_article-body_6_551491\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/house-republicans-revive-push-impeach-activist-judges-after-johnsons-green-light\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Fox News Digital first reported<\/a> earlier this year that conservatives would begin their campaign to remove who they describe as activist judges from the bench again.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">Burroughs was appointed to the bench in 2014 by then-President Barack Obama.<\/p>\n<p> <!----> <!----> <\/p>\n<div class=\"article-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-bio\">\n<p>Elizabeth Elkind is a politics reporter for Fox News Digital leading coverage of the House of Representatives. 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