Lawsuit challenges Trump administration's ending of protections for South Sudanese migrants


FILE PHOTO: Demonstrators hold signs advocating for Temporary Protected Status (TPS) in front of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., January 8, 2018. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo

BOSTON, Dec 23 (Reuters) - ‌Immigrant rights advocates have filed a lawsuit challenging the Trump administration's decision ‌last month to end the temporary protections from deportation granted to more ‌than 200 South Sudanese nationals.

Four migrants from South Sudan, along with the non-profit African Communities Together, alleged in a lawsuit filed in Boston federal court on Monday that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security ‍was unlawfully putting them at risk of losing their ‍temporary protected status after January 5.

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