Court Halts Trump’s Yemen TPS Exit Days Before Deadline

A federal court in New York has blocked the Trump administration from ending protections for immigrants from Yemen, three days before they were scheduled to expire.The Temporary Protected Status (TPS) ruling, which favored 3,235 immigrants, came days after the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments on the Department of Homeland Security's efforts to end the status for Haitians and Syrians.In a 36-page ruling, U.S. District Judge Dale E. Ho paused the termination of Yemen's TPS status, scheduled for May 4, while criticizing former Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem's decision-making."Perhaps, in considering information about whether the conditions that gave rise to Yemen's TPS designation—namely, the presence of ongoing armed conflict prevents the safe return of Yemeni nationals—persist today, the interlocutors would have grappled with the fact that State has classified Yemen at the highest threat level in its travel advisory—that is, 'Level 4-Do Not Travel,' due to, among other things, "terrorism, unrest...and landmines," the judge wrote.Yemen TPS Termination Ruling: What To Know...The court did not rule that Yemen must keep TPS permanently.Instead, it found that the Department of Homeland Security acted unlawfully by failing to follow the procedures Congress required before terminating TPS, specifically the duty to meaningfully consult with other