Judge Edward Chen rules the administration’s action “arbitrary and capricious,” while DHS vows to continue legal fight to end what it calls an “abused” program.

A federal judge on Friday blocked the Trump administration from terminating temporary legal protections for hundreds of thousands of immigrants from Haiti and Venezuela, a move the court found to be an overreach of executive authority.

U.S. District Judge Edward Chen, an appointee of the Obama administration, issued a ruling that prevents the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) from ending Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for nationals of the two countries. Judge Chen determined that the administration’s decision “exceeded the Secretary’s statutory authority and was arbitrary and capricious.”

The judge’s ruling marks a signifi

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