Obama-Appointed Judge Blocks Trump from Ending ‘Temporary’ Amnesty for Syrian Nationals
John Binder20 Nov 2025510
A federal judge, appointed by former President Barack Obama, is blocking President Donald Trump’s Department of Homeland Security (DHS) from ending Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for thousands of Syrian nationals living in the United States.
This week, in a virtual court hearing, United States District Judge Katherine Polk Failla sided with seven Syrian nationals who sought to prevent Trump from ending TPS that was set to go into effect on Friday.
Failla claimed in her decision that the Trump administration did not follow standard procedures when announcing the end of TPS for Syria, also stating that the decision was political.
In September, DHS Secretary Kristi Noem announced that the agency would be terminating TPS for more than 6,000 Syrians living in the U.S. who have no immigration status.
“This is what restoring sanity to America’s immigration system looks like,” DHS’s Tricia McLaughlin said in a statement:
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/11/20/obama-appointed-judge-blocks-trump-from-ending-temporary-amnesty-for-syrian-nationals/
