The Department of Homeland Security has accused a federal judge appointed by Bill Clinton of defying a Supreme Court decision after the judge temporarily blocked the Trump administration from ending Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for South Sudanese nationals. The dispute matters because it concerns the limits of judicial intervention in immigration policy and whether the administration may swiftly withdraw humanitarian protections.

The article says the Supreme Court recently handed the Trump administration immigration-related victories, including support for ending TPS protections affecting large groups of Haitian and Syrian migrants. DHS characterises the South Sudan ruling as inconsistent with that precedent, while the temporary block keeps the affected South Sudanese migrants’ protections in place pending further legal proceedings.