US judge bars Trump from ending protected status for Yemeni nationals

Trump administration has sought to cancel temporary protections for 13 countries as part of immigration crackdown.A federal judge has blocked Donald Trump’s administration from stripping temporary deportation protections for nearly 3,000 Yemeni nationals living in the US, in the latest legal setback for the president’s immigration crackdown.US District Judge Dale Ho ruled on Friday in favour of a group of Yemenis who had sued the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) over plans to end their Temporary Protected Status (TPS).Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3US Supreme Court hears Haiti, Syria TPS case with wide-ranging implicationslist 2 of 3US House votes to extend temporary protections for Haitians in Trump rebukelist 3 of 3Judge bars Trump administration from nixing protected status for Ethiopiansend of listTPS grants people from countries suffering conflict, natural disasters and other dangerous conditions temporary protection against deportation. The Trump administration has sought to end TPS designations for 13 different countries, but they have largely been blocked in court.The conservative-majority US Supreme Court agreed earlier this week to consider an appeal from the administration challenging similar rulings that have blocked the government from ending protections for more than 350,000 people from Haiti and 6,100 from Syria.A DHS