Judge Blocks End to Protected Status for South Sudanese
Are deportations making America safer, or is the administration cruelly targeting vulnerable immigrants?
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.
