Obama-Appointed Judge Faces Fresh Impeachment Threat After Blocking Trump TPS Order for Somalis

The federal judge who blocked the Trump administration from ending protections for Somalis in the U.S. is facing a new impeachment threat from President Donald Trump’s allies in Congress.

Rep. Andy Ogles, R-Tenn., has filed an impeachment resolution against Judge Allison Burroughs, a federal judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts.

Burroughs issued a stay on Friday temporarily blocking the Trump administration from ending Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Somalis, according to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), amid an ongoing lawsuit by African Communities Together arguing the move was made based on racially discriminatory grounds.

Ogles’ resolution, first obtained by Fox News Digital, accused Burroughs of having “defied the authority of both Federal law and the Supreme Court.”

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The order came despite a Supreme Court ruling in June that significantly curbed lower courts’ ability to block TPS decisions.

But the latest stay order is based on an amended complaint by the plaintiffs aiming to account for that ruling.

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