• A federal judge has temporarily blocked the Trump administration's policy to revoke work permits from immigrants with Temporary Protected Status (TPS).
• The ruling protects thousands of asylum seekers from losing employment authorization while a lawsuit is considered.
• The judge's decision will remain until he rules on a longer-term injunction by August 5.
• The lawsuit contends that the administration implemented policy changes without proper public input.
• This legal action reflects ongoing tensions over U.S. immigration policies under the Trump administration.

A federal judge in Boston, Nathaniel Gorton, has temporarily blocked the Trump administration from stripping work permits from tens of thousands of asylum seekers and immigrants holding Temporary Protected Status (TPS). Judge Gorton sided with a coalition of immigrant rights groups and labor unions that challenged the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS)'s policy changes, announced as part of a broader immigration crackdown, according to Reuters, Al Jazeera, and India Times.

The judge's ruling prevents thousands of TPS holders, particularly from El Salvador, Sudan, and Ukraine, from losing their work authorizations while the lawsuit progresses. Gorton noted the "potentially severe" consequences for the plaintiffs, highlighting the urgency of their circumstances, according to Al Jazeera and Reuters.

The lawsuit, spearheaded by the legal group Democracy Forward, challenges several recent USCIS policies that include imposing fees on asylum applications and retroactively applying restrictions that threaten the status of existing TPS holders. These changes were made under Trump's legislative reforms from 2025, which sought to tighten immigration controls, according to India Times and Al Jazeera.