JUST IN: Trump Scores Major Legal Victory
President Donald Trump scored a major legal victory Tuesday after a federal judge cleared the way for his administration to end deportation protections for more than 5,000 Ethiopians living in the United States.
U.S. District Judge Brian Murphy in Boston lifted the last remaining judicial block preventing the Department of Homeland Security from terminating Temporary Protected Status for Ethiopians.
The ruling hands the Trump administration another win in its broader effort to roll back humanitarian immigration programs that were expanded under former President Joe Biden.
The decision comes after the Supreme Court ruled in June that the administration could end similar protections for thousands of migrants from Haiti and Syria.
That ruling, backed by the court’s 6-3 conservative majority, sharply limited the ability of lower courts to interfere with DHS decisions ending Temporary Protected Status designations for individual countries.
James Percival, DHS’s general counsel, celebrated Tuesday’s ruling on social media.
“All TPS terminations are in effect!” he wrote.
Temporary Protected Status allows eligible foreign nationals from countries facing armed conflict, natural disasters or other extraordinary conditions to remain in the United States temporarily and obtain work authorization.
The Biden administration first granted TPS to eligible Ethiopians already living in the United States in 2022, citing armed conflict and humanitarian conditions in the African nation.
DHS later moved to terminate those protections after determining that conditions in Ethiopia no longer justified continued blanket protection from deportation.
Murphy initially blocked the administration’s move in April after several Ethiopian nationals and African Communities Together challenged the decision.
At the time, Murphy said DHS had failed to properly follow statutory procedures and had offered a “pretextual” explanation for ending the protections.
After the Supreme Court’s June ruling, Murphy temporarily kept his block in place while considering whether other legal arguments could still prevent the Trump administration from ending the program.
One of those arguments centered on whether DHS had authority to terminate TPS designations at all.
The plaintiffs argued that the 1990 law creating Temporary Protected Status gave that power to the attorney general and not DHS, which was created years later following the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
Judges handling similar challenges involving migrants from South Sudan, Myanmar and Somalia rejected that argument in recent days.
Murphy did the same Tuesday.
He dismissed that claim along with other challenges, removing the final legal obstacle to ending the Ethiopian TPS designation.
The ruling does not completely end the litigation.
Murphy said the plaintiffs may continue pursuing a separate constitutional claim alleging that the administration’s decision was motivated by racial or national-origin bias in violation of the Fifth Amendment.
The plaintiffs argue that dangerous conditions remain in Ethiopia and claim the administration has disproportionately targeted deportation protections covering migrants from non-white and non-European countries.
The Trump administration disputes those accusations and has maintained that Temporary Protected Status was never intended to become a permanent immigration program.
For now, the practical result is another significant courtroom victory for Trump’s immigration agenda, with the administration free to move forward with ending protections that have allowed thousands of Ethiopians to live and work in the United States.
Shocking 'truth' behind Prince Harry's decision to quit major role
Prince Harry should have "resigned in disgrace" from the board of a controversial African wildlife charity, a commentator says. James Walker makes the bombshell remark in Wednesday's episode of this publication's podcast, Daily Expresso.
He and the show's host, JJ Anisiobi, delve into the Duke of Sussex's dramatic decision to step down from African Parks. James, commenting on the controversy, said: "When you hear about this stuff and how long it's been going on for, you should be resigning in disgrace. [Harry] should be saying: 'I'm not touching that with a barge pole. That is a failed entity. We're going nowhere near it'.
"But no. He's still saying he's going to 'support their mission'. And again this Caroline Pearce, executive director of Survival International, goes on to say: 'His departure doesn't undo that record'.
"She alleged that African Parks was aware of the abuses for years, but it was only after Survival complained to Harry that the charity finally commissioned an investigation."
James added: "Well, she's got a point."
It emerged on Monday (August 24) that Harry was no longer a board member of the wildlife charity.
The conservation organisation has admitted that human rights abuses were committed by its rangers against members of the semi-nomadic Baka group in Congo-Brazzaville.
African Parks has said since that it has improved its safeguarding processes both in the Odzala-Kokoua National Park and institutionally.
Its admission followed an independent human rights investigation into allegations guards managed and paid by the charity had beaten, raped and tortured indigenous people in Odzala-Kokoua National Park.
Harry was president of the charity for six years before he became a member of its board of directors in 2023.
A spokesman for the Duke said he remains an active and avid supporter of African Parks. He added: "The Duke is proud of his 10 years with African Parks and fully supports the ongoing strengthening of its board.
"His commitment to conservation in Africa continues and he remains a supporter of African Parks’ mission."
Human rights organisation, Survival International, said it had been calling on Harry to step down from African Parks for years.
The group's director, Caroline Pearce, said in a statement: "It’s outrageous that for 10 years Prince Harry has served African Parks while the organisation has been responsible for abuse and violence against Indigenous people.
"His departure doesn't undo that record — African Parks itself must now be held accountable, and must abandon this model of fortress conservation for good."
Survival International said indigenous peoples know how best to manage their land and the idea outsiders know better is racist and colonial.
Iran TV Airs Sick Threat Against Barron Trump, Reports of $10M Bounty
Iranian state media aired an insane video about killing Barron Trump, along with reporting a $10 million bounty on his head ... and it's sure to get President Donald Trump's attention.
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Video: Iran TV Broadcasts Disturbing Threat Against Barron Trump, Reports $10M Bounty
The "Where to kill Barron Trump" clip says Barron's movements are being "fully monitored" while he's attending New York University ... and claims Barron's accounts for Xbox and Discord have been hacked.
The video goes into depth about what Barron wears ... and what his bodyguards wear. It also alleges his travel habits.
Per reports, the f-ed-up video is tied to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps ... and it's a big-time escalation in the threats coming out of Iran toward Trump as the war rages on.
The chilling video aired amid Trump ratcheting up pressure on Iran to finally crack ... his latest measure, dubbed "economic D-Day,” is meant to cripple Iran's economy.
The video might just be a BS scary tactic ... but it's still pretty freaking unnerving for the 20-year-old college student.
