For more than twenty years afterward, the DHS secretary was simply assumed to hold final say over TPS. Lawyers representing TPS holders from Burma, Ethiopia, South Sudan, Yemen and Syria are now testing that assumption. A related amended complaint covering Somali TPS holders is expected shortly. Kennelly has already kept Burmese TPS protections in place while the new claims proceed. Two Massachusetts judges have issued similar holding patterns in their own, separate cases: Brian Murphy for Ethiopian TPS holders and Patti Saris for South Sudanese TPS holders.