Overview
- U.S. District Judge Brian E. Murphy lifted the administrative stay on Aug. 18, removing the last court order that had paused the Trump administration’s planned terminations of Temporary Protected Status.
- Following the ruling DHS and its general counsel declared that TPS terminations are now in effect and urged people whose TPS was ended to leave or face deportation.
- The policy shift affects roughly one million people across many countries and will strip work authorization and deportation protection for thousands immediately as individual designations take effect.
- State and local officials, led by New York Governor Kathy Hochul, warn the losses will force employers to fire essential staff and create gaps in health care, elder care and other services.
- Legal fights will continue on limited constitutional claims that the terminations were motivated by racial or national‑origin animus even as Congress and local leaders consider emergency or legislative responses.