Judge Blocks Deportation Protections for Migrants from Three Nations

A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration's attempt to end deportation protections for over 60,000 migrants from Nepal, Honduras, and Nicaragua. The judge criticized the administration's actions, stating that Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem used "xenophobic stereotypes and racist conspiracy theories." The judge's order argued that the administration's efforts to suspend legal status were essentially asking migrants to "atone for their race, leave because of their names and purify their blood," a rationale the court rejected. This ruling affects individuals previously granted Temporary Protected Status (TPS), a program designed to protect migrants from deportation due to conditions in their home countries.