2026年2月12日 美国东部时间下午7:22 / 路透社
波士顿，2月12日（路透社） – 一名联邦法官周四裁定，美国总统唐纳德·特朗普政府不得终止针对南苏丹公民的临时驱逐保护措施，该措施此前允许数百名南苏丹公民在美国生活和工作。
美国马萨诸塞州联邦地区法院法官帕蒂·萨里斯（Patti Saris）在波士顿作出结论称，美国国土安全部部长克里斯蒂·诺姆（Kristi Noem）可能以“借口性”理由终止南苏丹的临时保护身份（TPS）指定，且未披露其行动背后的真实动机，其行为涉嫌违法。
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临时保护身份适用于那些其原籍国经历了自然灾害、武装冲突或其他特殊事件的人群。该身份为符合条件的移民提供工作许可和临时驱逐保护。
诺姆于11月发布公告，终止南苏丹的TPS身份，称该国不再符合指定条件，而该身份最初于2011年设立。
萨里斯表示，该公告未能承认诺姆行动的“真实原因”，即她采用了一种“预先设定的模式和做法”，终止所有国家的TPS指定。
萨里斯由民主党总统比尔·克林顿任命，她指出，自诺姆上任以来，美国国土安全部已着手终止包括海地、委内瑞拉和埃塞俄比亚在内的另外11个国家的TPS指定。
“无论局势多么严峻，很可能没有哪个国家会符合条件，”萨里斯表示。
美国国土安全部未立即回应置评请求。
这一裁决源于南苏丹公民群体及非营利组织“非洲社区联合”（African Communities Together）提起的诉讼。此前，另一名法官在该案中推迟了南苏丹TPS身份的终止时间，以便萨里斯审理此案。
自2011年从苏丹独立以来，南苏丹一直饱受冲突蹂躏。五年内战（估计造成40万人死亡）于2018年结束后，该国大部分地区仍持续发生战斗。美国国务院建议公民不要前往南苏丹旅行。
根据诉讼文件，约有232名南苏丹公民已成为TPS受益人并在美国获得庇护，另有73人正在等待申请审批。
纳特·雷蒙德（Nate Raymond） 报道于波士顿；比尔·伯克罗特（Bill Berkrot） 编辑
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Trump cannot end deportation protections for South Sudanese nationals, US judge rules
February 12, 2026 7:22 PM UTC / Reuters
BOSTON, Feb 12 (Reuters) – A federal judge on Thursday blocked U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration from ending temporary protections from deportation that had allowed hundreds of South Sudanese nationals to live and work in the United States.
U.S. District Judge Patti Saris in Boston concluded that U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem had likely acted unlawfully by providing a “pretextual” reason for terminating South Sudan’s Temporary Protected Status designation and not disclosing the real factor motivating her action.
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That status is available to people whose home countries have experienced natural disasters, armed conflicts or other extraordinary events. It provides eligible migrants with work authorization and temporary protection from deportation.
Noem in November published a notice terminating TPS for conflict-ridden South Sudan, saying the country no longer met the conditions for the designation, which was first issued in 2011.
Saris said that notice failed to acknowledge the “real reason” for Noem’s action, which was that she had adopted a “preordained pattern and practice” of terminating TPS designations for all countries.
Saris, who was appointed by Democratic President Bill Clinton, noted that since Noem took office, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security has moved to end TPS designations for 11 other countries, including Haiti, Venezuela and Ethiopia.
“It is highly likely that no country will pass muster, no matter how dire its conditions,” Saris said.
The Department of Homeland Security did not respond to a request for comment.
The ruling came in a lawsuit by a group of South Sudanese nationals and the non-profit African Communities Together. Another judge earlier in the case had delayed the end of TPS for South Sudan to provide time for Saris to hear the case.
Conflict has ravaged South Sudan since it won independence from Sudan in 2011. Fighting has persisted in much of the country since a five-year-long civil war that killed an estimated 400,000 people ended in 2018. The U.S. State Department advises citizens not to travel there.
About 232 South Sudanese nationals have been beneficiaries of TPS and have found refuge in the United States, and another 73 have pending applications, according to the lawsuit.
Reporting by Nate Raymond in Boston; Editing by Bill Berkrot
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