Obama-Appointed Judge Won’t Let Trump Admin End Protected Legal Status For Nearly A Million

A federal judge blocked the Trump administration on Friday from ending temporary legal protections granted to hundreds of thousands from Haiti and Venezuela.

U.S. District Judge Edward Chen, an Obama appointee, found ending the protections “exceeded the Secretary’s statutory authority and was arbitrary and capricious.”

“The Secretary’s action in revoking TPS was not only unprecedented in the manner and speed in which it was taken but also violatates [sic] the law,” Chen held. (RELATED: ‘Not In America’s Best Interest’: Trump Admin Scraps Deportation Protections For Venezuelans)

A DHS spokesperson told the Daily Caller News Foundation that the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) program has “been abused, exploited, and politicized as a de facto amnesty program” for decades.

“Its use has been all the more dangerous given the millions of unvetted illegal aliens the Biden Administration let into this country,” the spokesperson said. “While this order delays justice, Secretary Noem will use every legal option at the Department’s disposal to end this chaos and prioritize the safety of Americans.”

“Under God, the people rule. Unelected activist judges cannot stop the will of the American people for a safe and secure homeland,” the spokesperson continued.

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