A U.S. district judge in Massachusetts on Friday ruled that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) can terminate deportation protection status for South Sudan, following a Supreme Court ruling earlier this year.
“The Supreme Court rejected materially identical challenges … and Plaintiffs have no liberty or property interests left other than those provided by statute or regulation based on their individual circumstances through other statutory provisions,” U.S. District Judge Patti B. Saris wrote in the order, adding that their “newly proposed claims would be futile.”
The judge was referring to the Supreme Court’s June decision, Mullin v. Doe, which allowed the Trump administration to end temporary protected status (TPS) for Haiti and Syria. The court ruled that federal immigration law bars courts from reviewing decisions by DHS to end TPS for foreign nationals….
Federal Judge Rules DHS Can Terminate Deportation Protections for South Sudan
