A federal judge on Friday cleared the way for the Trump administration to end deportation protections that have allowed hundreds of South Sudanese nationals to live and work in the United States. U.S. District Judge Patti Saris, an appointee of former President Bill Clinton in Boston, rejected a renewed effort by immigrant-rights advocates to preserve South Sudan’s temporary protected status designation, according to her 15-page order. The decision came after the Supreme Court in June allowed the administration to end similar protections for people from Haiti and Syria. The high court’s 6-3 conservative-majority ruling curtailed lower courts’ ability to prevent the Department of Homeland Security from terminating TPS designations. Advertisement