African Communities Together and other plaintiffs have accused President Donald Trump’s administration of discriminating against Somalis based on their ethnicity and nationality, saying the decision to end Temporary Protected Status (TPS) violates the Fifth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
The lawsuit alleges that the administration has already decided to end TPS for Somalia, citing a post Trump posted on his social media account in November 2025, before the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) had completed a legal review of Somalia’s status.
The plaintiffs argue that the move deprived Somali TPS holders of their right to due process because the decision, they say, was made before the legal process was complete.
The lawsuit has prompted a federal judge in Massachusetts to temporarily block President Donald Trump’s administration’s plan to end Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Somalis, following a new lawsuit that argues the decision violates the constitutional rights of Somalis.
Judge Allison Burroughs issued an executive order on Friday blocking the TPS rescission after African Communities Together and other plaintiffs refiled their lawsuit. They accused the Trump administration of discriminating against Somalis based on their ethnicity and nationality, which they say violates the Fifth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
The new lawsuit comes just days after a state appeals court overturned similar orders that had halted the rescission of TPS for citizens of Ethiopia and South Sudan. Those decisions were based on a Supreme Court ruling in June, which significantly limited the power of lower courts to block administrative decisions related to TPS when they were not based on constitutional grounds.