A liberal-led federal appeals court handed President Donald Trump two immigration victories Wednesday, reversing separate district court orders that had delayed the termination of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for migrants from South Sudan and Ethiopia.The judgments from the First Circuit Court of Appeals come after U.S.District Judges Brian Murphy and Patti Saris issued back-to-back orders temporarily blocking the Trump administration's termination of TPS for Ethiopia and South Sudan, respectively, late last week.
The rulings drew sharp criticism from legal experts and Trump administration officials, who called the judges "rogue" and argued their decisions defied the Supreme Court.The three-judge First Circuit panel consisted of Judges Julie Rikelman and Seth Aframe, both appointed by President Joe Biden, and Judge Joshua Dunlap, who was appointed by President Donald Trump.BIDEN JUDGE BLOCKING ETHIOPIAN DEPORTATIONS DESPITE SCOTUS RULING CLASHED WITH ICE BEFOREPresident Donald Trump during an announcement in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., on July 29, 2026.(Aaron Schwartz/CNP/Bloomberg via Getty Images)SUPREME COURT WEIGHS TRUMP EFFORT TO TERMINATE TEMPORARY PROTECTIONS FOR HAITIAN, SYRIAN MIGRANTSIn nearly identical rulings, the majority liberal panel found that the lower court judges' orders conflicted with the Supreme Court's decision in Mullin v.
Doe, which held that courts cannot block TPS terminations based on non-constitutional claims."Mullin held that 'the TPS statute's judicial-review bar applies to all non-constitutional claims' challenging the Secretary of Homeland Security's determination with respect to the termination of a TPS designation," the judges wrote.Iowa Solicitor General Eric Wessan told Fox News Digital that the First Circuit correctly applied the precedent established by the Supreme Court."These are clear wins for President Trump following his big win at the U.S.Supreme Court, explaining that district courts ar...