US Judge Blocks Trump From Ending Protections for Nearly 3,000 Yemeni Nationals

May 1 (Reuters) – ⁠A ⁠federal judge ⁠on Friday blocked U.S. ​President Donald Trump’s ‌administration from moving ‌ahead ⁠next ⁠week with its plans to end temporary ​legal protections that have allowed nearly ​3,000 people from Yemen ⁠to live ⁠and work ⁠in the ​United States.

U.S. District Judge ​Dale ⁠Ho in Manhattan issued the order at the ⁠behest of a group of Yemeni nationals ⁠who had sued over the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s decision to strip them effective Monday of the ⁠Temporary Protected Status, or TPS, they had been previously granted.

(Reporting ​by Nate Raymond ​in Boston)

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