A federal judge in Massachusetts has again stopped the Trump administration from ending Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Somalia. The ruling is a setback for the administration’s immigration agenda because it temporarily preserves deportation protections for Somali nationals while the court considers constitutional arguments.

Judge Allison Burroughs issued a new administrative stay after plaintiffs revised their case to focus on Fifth Amendment claims. The move followed a federal appeals court decision days earlier that removed comparable stays involving TPS for Ethiopia and South Sudan, highlighting continuing legal disputes over the administration’s attempts to end the protections.