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Judge extends block on probationary employee firings

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Bredar ruled the mass terminations constitute a “reduction in force,” or RIF, which requires notice and other procedures the Trump administration didn’t follow.
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The Trump administration said it made an “administrative error” in deporting a suspected MS-13 gang member to an El Salvador prison despite an immigration judge’s order barring his removal to that nat...
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The court also found that ending TPS would likely harm national security and public health, while disproportionately impacting non-white, non-European immigrants.

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