Judge Halts Trump's TPS Cancellation for Ethiopians

0:00It's April 9th. Welcome in. This is Canada News Today, where local news meets AI. I'm Corey with the story. A federal judge just slammed the brakes on the Trump administration's move to cancel temporary protected status for over 5,000 Ethiopians. Living in the U.S., U.S. District Judge Brian Murphy out of Massachusetts ruled that the Department of Homeland Security ignored the rules Congress set. Up for ending this protection. This fits into a bigger wave of legal fights over TPS, where the administration has already pulled the plug on designations for 13 out of. Seventeen countries that protected more than 1 million people under the previous administration. Venezuela's make up the biggest group, then Haitians and Salvadorans. TPS kicked off back in 1990 to shield folks from deportation when their home countries faced disasters or wars, letting them work here in, chunks of up to 18 months. The Biden team gave it to eat the Ethiopians in 2022 because of the conflict and suffering

1:01there, and extended it in 2024. Murphy stressed that the president can't just override Congress with quick decisions, calling out the agency for skipping required steps. DHS fired back, saying the ruling shows judges blocking efforts to fix legal immigration. Meanwhile, the Supreme Court gears up to tackle TPS challenges for Syrians and hundreds of thousands of Haitians on April 29th, so these, battles are far from over as the fight for protections heats up.