A federal judge in San Francisco on Monday stopped the Trump administration from revoking deportation protections for hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans, days before their ability to remain and work in the U.

Venezuelans with Temporary Protected Status are challenging the Trump administration’s efforts to end the program for many migrants.

A federal judge on Monday temporarily blocked the Trump administration from ending deportation protections for more than 600,000 Venezuelans just days before many were set to lose their legal status and work permits.

Venezuelan migrants were slated to lose their government-issued work permits and deportation protections next week, on April 7.

A D.C. appeals court panel issued a ruling into whether Trump can use a 1798 law to deport suspected Venezuelan gang members.

A federal judge has ruled that the legal battle over Mahmoud Khalil’s deportation should continue to play out in New Jersey, rejecting the Trump administration’s bid to transfer the Columbia University protester’s case to Louisiana.

About 350,000 Venezuelans who sought refuge in the U.S. were set to lose their work permits and protection against deportation next week. A federal judge delayed that action.

A U.S. judge on Monday blocked the Trump administration from stripping deportation protections for some Venezuelan immigrants, writing that officials' characterization of the migrants as criminals "smacks of racism.

NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge has ruled that the legal battle over Mahmoud Khalil’s deportation should continue to play out in New Jersey, rejecting the Trump administration’s bid to transfer the Columbia University protester’s case to Louisiana.