{"id":46811,"date":"2026-08-15T15:00:39","date_gmt":"2026-08-15T10:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=46811"},"modified":"2026-08-15T15:00:39","modified_gmt":"2026-08-15T10:00:39","slug":"judge-clears-trump-to-end-somalia-tps-protections-after-court-ruling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=46811","title":{"rendered":"Judge clears Trump to end Somalia TPS protections after court ruling"},"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 data-layout-index=\"4\" class=\"featured featured-video video-ct\" data-v-7b1896ea=\"\"><!----> <\/p>\n<div class=\"contain\" data-v-7b1896ea=\"\">  <!----> <\/p>\n<div class=\"info\" data-v-7b1896ea=\"\">\n<div class=\"caption\" data-v-7b1896ea=\"\">\n<h4 class=\"title\" data-v-7b1896ea=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/video\/6399408086112\" data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_politics_article_main-content_featured-video_5_1\" data-v-7b1896ea=\"\">Jonathan Turley says Trump admin had a \u2018great day\u2019 after SCOTUS immigration ruling<\/a><\/h4>\n<p data-v-7b1896ea=\"\">The Supreme Court delivers major immigration wins for President Donald Trump, curtailing asylum claims and temporary protected status. Laura Ingraham exposes how activist judges appointed under Democratic administrations have historically blocked border enforcement efforts. The segment highlights the dramatic expansion of TPS under Biden and tragic cases of criminal illegal aliens, arguing for stronger border security to prevent more American fatalities.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\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\">President <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_politics_article_main-content_article-body_6_9347389\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/person\/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Donald Trump<\/a> scored a major legal victory Friday after a federal judge cleared the way for his administration to terminate temporary legal protections for thousands of Somali nationals living in the United States.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\" class=\"speakable\">U.S. District Judge Allison Burroughs in Boston lifted a stay that had prevented the Department of Homeland Security from terminating Somalia&#8217;s <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_politics_article_main-content_article-body_6_9347390\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/immigration\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Temporary Protected Status<\/a> (TPS) designation, citing a June Supreme Court ruling that sharply limited judicial review of similar administration actions.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">The decision allows the Trump administration to move forward with ending TPS for Somalia, potentially exposing affected migrants who lack another lawful basis to remain in the U.S. to <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_politics_article_main-content_article-body_6_9347391\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/immigration\/deportation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">deportation<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\"><a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_politics_article_main-content_article-body_6_9347392\" 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<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\/2025\/05\/343\/192\/trumpimmigration2.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/686\/384\/trumpimmigration2.png?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\/2025\/05\/672\/378\/trumpimmigration2.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/1344\/756\/trumpimmigration2.png?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\/2025\/05\/931\/523\/trumpimmigration2.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/1862\/1046\/trumpimmigration2.png?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\/2025\/05\/720\/405\/trumpimmigration2.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/1440\/810\/trumpimmigration2.png?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\/2025\/05\/1200\/675\/trumpimmigration2.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"A side-by-side photo of protesters demonstrating against the Trump administration's immigration policies, and a photo of U.S. President Donald Trump signing executive orders at the White House. The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments Thursday, May 14, in a case involving birthright citizenship in the U.S. Photos via Getty Images\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><span>A side-by-side photo of protesters demonstrating against the Trump administration&#8217;s immigration policies, and a photo of U.S. President Donald Trump signing executive orders at the White House. The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments Thursday, May 14, in a case involving birthright citizenship in the U.S. Photos via Getty Images<\/span> <span>(Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">Burroughs, an appointee of former President Barack Obama, had previously blocked the termination from taking effect in a lawsuit brought by four Somali nationals and two advocacy groups, including African Communities Together.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">The Trump administration announced in January that it planned to terminate Somalia&#8217;s TPS designation, with then-<a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_politics_article_main-content_article-body_6_9347393\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/trump-administration-orders-green-card-applicants-leave-us-apply-home-countries\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem<\/a> arguing that conditions in the country had improved enough to end the humanitarian protections.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">The Supreme Court ruled in June in Mullin v. Doe that the TPS statute bars judicial review of certain non-constitutional decisions by the administration to terminate TPS designations. The court also found that the plaintiffs&#8217; equal protection challenge in that case was unlikely to succeed.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">The ruling curtailed lower courts&#8217; ability to review Trump administration efforts to terminate TPS designations for nationals of multiple countries.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\"><a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_politics_article_main-content_article-body_6_9347394\" 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\/federal-court-allows-scotus-ruling-against-haiti-tps.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/686\/384\/federal-court-allows-scotus-ruling-against-haiti-tps.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\/federal-court-allows-scotus-ruling-against-haiti-tps.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1344\/756\/federal-court-allows-scotus-ruling-against-haiti-tps.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\/federal-court-allows-scotus-ruling-against-haiti-tps.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1862\/1046\/federal-court-allows-scotus-ruling-against-haiti-tps.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\/federal-court-allows-scotus-ruling-against-haiti-tps.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1440\/810\/federal-court-allows-scotus-ruling-against-haiti-tps.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\/federal-court-allows-scotus-ruling-against-haiti-tps.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"Local Haitian leaders attend a rally calling on Congress to restore Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Haitians, in Boston, Massachusetts, on July 23, 2026. The US Supreme Court on June 25, 2026, backed a Trump administration move to strip deportation protections from some 350,000 Haitians and 6,000 Syrians living in the United States. A federal appeals court on has extended the deadline for TPS to be revoked for Haitians in the US until July 27. (Photo by JOSEPH PREZIOSO \/ AFP via Getty Images)\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><span>Local Haitian leaders attend a rally calling on Congress to restore Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Haitians, in Boston, Massachusetts, on July 23, 2026. The US Supreme Court on June 25, 2026, backed a Trump administration move to strip deportation protections from some 350,000 Haitians and 6,000 Syrians living in the United States. A federal appeals court on has extended the deadline for TPS to be revoked for Haitians in the US until July 27.<\/span> <span>(\u00a0JOSEPH PREZIOSO \/ AFP via Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">Plaintiffs challenging the termination of Somalia&#8217;s designation argued that the administration&#8217;s decision was motivated by bias against non-White immigrants, pointing to Trump&#8217;s previous descriptions of Somalis as &#8220;garbage&#8221; and &#8220;low IQ people.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">Following the Supreme Court&#8217;s ruling, the plaintiffs filed an amended complaint raising new constitutional claims and sought emergency relief in another effort to prevent Somalia&#8217;s TPS protections from ending.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">Burroughs issued an administrative stay earlier this month after African Communities Together and other plaintiffs alleged that the administration violated the Fifth Amendment by terminating Somalia&#8217;s TPS designation based on racial and national-origin discrimination.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">In Friday&#8217;s ruling, Burroughs said the plaintiffs had presented a compelling case but concluded that the Supreme Court&#8217;s decision constrained her ability to continue blocking the administration&#8217;s action.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\"><a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_politics_article_main-content_article-body_6_9347395\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/biden-judge-overruled-key-trump-immigration-policy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>BIDEN JUDGE OVERRULED ON KEY TRUMP IMMIGRATION POLICY<\/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\/04\/343\/192\/department-of-homeland-security-logo.jpeg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/686\/384\/department-of-homeland-security-logo.jpeg?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\/04\/672\/378\/department-of-homeland-security-logo.jpeg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1344\/756\/department-of-homeland-security-logo.jpeg?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\/04\/931\/523\/department-of-homeland-security-logo.jpeg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1862\/1046\/department-of-homeland-security-logo.jpeg?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\/04\/720\/405\/department-of-homeland-security-logo.jpeg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1440\/810\/department-of-homeland-security-logo.jpeg?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\/04\/1200\/675\/department-of-homeland-security-logo.jpeg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"Department of Homeland Security logo on smartphone screen with American flag design on computer screen in background\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><span>The Department of Homeland Security can move forward with terminating Somalia&#8217;s Temporary Protected Status designation following a federal judge&#8217;s ruling.<\/span> <span>(Jaque Silva\/NurPhoto via Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">Burroughs wrote that she was &#8220;bound \u2026 to view things through the Mullin prism,&#8221; referring to the Supreme Court case.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">&#8220;Plaintiffs have made a convincing showing that they will suffer irreparable harm if the injunction is withheld \u2026 and the balance of hardships and the public interest also favor Plaintiffs, given that the government has made no showing that maintaining TPS status for the duration of this litigation would impose an undue burden,&#8221; she wrote.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">Despite those findings, Burroughs lifted the stay, allowing the administration&#8217;s termination of Somalia&#8217;s TPS designation to move forward.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">The Trump administration&#8217;s decision affects several thousand Somali nationals currently living in the United States.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">Sources at U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services previously told Fox News Digital that 2,471 Somali nationals in the U.S. currently have TPS, while another 1,383 have pending TPS applications.<\/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\"><i>Fox News Digital&#8217;s Preston Mizell and Elaine Mallon, along with Reuters, contributed to this report.<\/i><\/p>\n<p> <!----> <!----> <\/div>\n<script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jonathan Turley says Trump admin had a \u2018great day\u2019 after SCOTUS immigration ruling The Supreme Court delivers major immigration wins for President Donald Trump, curtailing asylum claims and temporary protected status. 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