00:00A federal judge in the United States has blocked an attempt by the administration to strip Haitians of their Temporary Protected Status, or TPS.
00:09The deportation protection has allowed roughly 350,000 people from the troubled island to live and work in the U.S.
00:17The ruling, though possibly temporary, has dealt President Donald Trump's aggressive immigration agenda another legal setback.
00:24A Washington district judge granted the request to pause the termination of the TPS for Haitians a day before it was set to lapse, while a lawsuit challenging it goes ahead.
00:34The administration has argued that protection schemes attract illegal immigration and have long been abused.
00:41It's pushed for the dismantling of most TPS programs, raising the possibility of deportation for hundreds of thousands of migrants.
00:48The status was initially accorded to Haitians following the 2010 earthquake and repeatedly extended since then due to the ongoing security and political crisis in the country.
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