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Judge Lets Trump End TPS for 5,000 Ethiopians

8/22/2026

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Murphy Ends TPS

U.S. District Judge Brian Murphy ruled Trump administration may terminate Temporary Protected Status for 5,000 Ethiopian immigrants in the United States.
Judge Dolly M. Gee appointed independent monitors to quarterly report on child detention length, facility temperatures, sleeping conditions, and medical-care compliance.
Advocates say the TPS termination endangers immigrant families, especially children held in harsh detention.
The Texas Residential Center faces reported neglect, with Tylenol reliance and delayed emergency care.

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Murphy Ends TPS

Judge Brian Murphy ruled the Trump administration may end TPS for 5,000 Ethiopian immigrants.
Joe Abraham, whose daughter Katie died in a January 2025 drunk-driving crash, was appointed to lead ICE’s Victims of Immigration Crime Engagement office.
Julio Cucul-Bol received a 30-year prison term after pleading guilty to aggravated DUI causing death.
President Donald Trump invited Abraham and families to White House, where Abraham called him genuine.

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Murphy Ends TPS

U.S. District Judge Brian Murphy ruled that the Trump administration may terminate Temporary Protected Status for about 5,000 Ethiopian immigrants in the United States.
The Department of Homeland Security announced on X that those whose TPS was terminated are now illegal and must leave immediately or face deportation.
The ruling lifts a stay, permitting enforcement as a lawsuit alleging racial bias proceeds.

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Joe Abraham was appointed to lead ICE’s Victims of Immigration Crime Engagement office after his daughter Katie’s death in a 2025 drunk-driving crash.
Within this story's sources, this angle appears mainly in Right-leaning coverage and receives less attention in Left-leaning and Center-leaning coverage.

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Murphy Ends TPS

U.S. District Judge Brian Murphy ruled Trump administration may terminate Temporary Protected Status for 5,000 Ethiopian immigrants in the United States.
Judge Dolly M. Gee appointed independent monitors to quarterly report on child detention length, facility temperatures, sleeping conditions, and medical-care compliance.
Advocates say the TPS termination endangers immigrant families, especially children held in harsh detention.
The Texas Residential Center faces reported neglect, with Tylenol reliance and delayed emergency care.

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