Burroughs’ latest order has intensified growing criticism over whether district judges are using administrative stays to work around higher court rulings. SCOTUS Wire·Jul 31, 2026@scotus_wire ·FollowA federal judge has again blocked the Trump administration from ending Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Somalia, issuing a new administrative stay after plaintiffs filed an amended complaint and emergency motion. “I looked at the amended complaint in the Somalia TPS case,” Wessan wrote on X. “The district judge has entered a novel ‘administrative stay’ to sort out the claims. She has declared the TPS termination ‘void’ for now, while deciding whether any of the claims can justify a more permanent pause.”