The pause is limited to certain states while the case proceeds, narrowing the scope of an earlier order that had paused firings nationwide and led to the reinstatement of thousands of federal employees.

A federal judge on Tuesday said the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump cannot quickly fire thousands of probationary federal workers in 19 states and Washington, D.C., narrowing an earlier nationwide ruling.

Furious over nationwide injunctions, Congressional Republicans are seeking to limit the impact of the federal judiciary.

The order by U.S. District Judge Edward Chen in San Francisco is a relief for 350,000 Venezuelans whose Temporary Protected Status was set to expire April 7 after Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem reversed protections granted by the Biden Administration.

Article III Project founder Mike Davis writes that only the U.S. Supreme Court can stop district judges like James Boasberg from undermining President Trump's agenda.

A U.S. judge on Monday blocked the Trump administration from stripping deportation protections for some Venezuelan immigrants, writing that officials' characterization of the migrants as criminals "smacks of racism.

The court papers suggest that the administration has set a low bar for seeking the removal of the Venezuelan migrants, whom officials have described as belonging to the street gang, Tren de Aragua.

Venezuelans are reacting after a federal judge on Monday temporarily blocked the Trump administration's move to end Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans.

A federal judge in Boston denied a request Tuesday to block the Trump administration's plan to end temporary protected status for Venuezuelans, noting that a judge in California had already halted the plan on Monday.