Among 2,800 Yemenis spared deportation by Friday’s court order: a 33-year-old Detroit woman due to give birth this month to a child with a congenital heart condition not treatable in Yemen, and a 50-year-old Brooklyn human rights worker targeted by Houthi-aligned militias.
Judge Dale Ho cited their cases in blocking DHS from ending TPS, writing: “TPS holders from Yemen are not killers, leeches, and entitlement junkies”, a direct rebuke of former Secretary Kristi Noem’s December social media post.
Advocates say the decision acknowledges reality: Yemen has been ravaged by civil war for a decade, with Level 4 travel warnings for Americans.
“This really is life or death,” said Sejal Zota of Just Futures Law.
