Judge Blocks Trump from Ending ‘Temporary’ Amnesty for Ethiopians
A federal judge appointed by Biden blocked the Trump administration from ending the temporary amnesty granted to thousands of Ethiopian nationals in the United States since 2022.
In a ruling issued Wednesday, U.S. District Judge Brian Murphy characterized the Trump administration’s “ending” of the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) amnesty for Ethiopian nationals as “unsurprising in light” of President Donald Trump’s executive order, Reuters reported.
Murphy also noted that “the will of the president does not supersede that of Congress.”
“The principle that the will of the president does not supersede that of Congress is fundamental to this case – and indeed to our constitutional system –,” Murphy said. “Presidential whims do not and cannot supersede the statutory obligations of agencies. »
In a January 2025 executive order, Trump directed Secretary of State Marco Rubio, the Attorney General, and the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to ensure that TPS designations “comply with the provisions of section 244 of the INA (8 USC 1254a) and that the scope of such designations is properly limited.”
Murphy found that “DHS disregarded the statutory procedures adopted by Congress that govern TPS and provided a ‘pretextual’ justification” for ending the TPS amnesty for thousands of Ethiopians.
In December, DHS announced it was ending the TPS amnesty for Ethiopian nationals and, in a press release, warned that “Ethiopian nationals who have no other legal basis for remaining in the United States have 60 days to voluntarily leave” the country.
DHS also warned that after February 13, the agency “may arrest and deport any Ethiopian national without status after their TPS ends.”
“Temporary Protected Status designations are time-limited and were never intended to be a ticket to permanent residency,” a spokesperson for U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) said in a statement at the time. “Conditions in Ethiopia no longer pose a serious threat to the personal safety of returning Ethiopian nationals. »
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