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Judge Blocks End to Protected Status for South Sudanese

Are deportations making America safer, or is the administration cruelly targeting vulnerable immigrants?
Judge Blocks End to Protected Status for South Sudanese
Above: A group of refugees and returnees gather as they wait for their turn at a registration and aid point in Renk, South Sudan, on Nov. 18, 2025. Image credit: Rian Cope/AFP/Getty Images

The Spin

Republican narrative

Activist judges are blocking the President's mandate to clamp down on abuses of the immigration system. The U.S. cannot afford to shelter all of the world's needy and must make decisions regarding safe countries that activists will never be satisfied with. President Trump's deportation plans are making America safer and stronger.

Democratic narrative

The Trump administration's deportation regime has reached new, cruel heights. South Sudan is one of the world's most fraught and dangerous countries. This maneuvering to send South Sudanese nationals back to a warzone was thankfully stopped by a judge, but it is apparent that no immigrant is safe from this mass deportation agenda.

Metaculus Prediction

There is a 50% chance that the average number of noncitizens removed from the U.S. for fiscal years 2026 through 2028 will be at least 446,000 people, according to the Metaculus prediction community.


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