Judge demolishes Kristi Noem's mass TPS termination in scathing ruling

In the twelve months between the issuance of the order and filing of this suit, Secretary Noem announced the termination of twelve TPS countries — every single TPS country for which she conducted a periodic review during that period, wrote Murphy. Perhaps it has been a banner year for disaster recovery and geopolitical stability worldwide. The evidence, and common sense, suggests otherwise.Indeed, he wrote, The administrative record is replete with evidence, including reports by DHS itself from as recent as August and September of 2025, that armed conflict and natural disasters continue to create dangerous conditions in Ethiopia.In other words, per American Immigration Council senior fellow Aaron Reichlin-Melnick, Judge Murphy rule[d] that Secretary Noem flagrantly ignored the legal requirement to carry out a meaningful consultation with other agencies about whether conditions in a country had actually changed for the better before making her decision to terminate TPS for Ethiopia.This comes mere weeks after Noem was fired from her position and replaced with Oklahoma Sen. Markwayne Mullin — reportedly at least in part because Trump was outraged she shifted the responsibility for a 200 million taxpayer-funded ad campaign of herself onto the White House.