The U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday granted the Trump administration an emergency stay, allowing the Department of Homeland Security to proceed with ending Temporary Protected Status for roughly 60,000 migrants from Honduras, Nicaragua and Nepal. The unanimous three-judge panel in San Francisco suspended U.S. District Judge Trina L. Thompson’s 31 July injunction that had preserved the program while litigation continued. The appellate order offered no explanation for the decision and will remain in force until the court resolves the government’s appeal. The ruling paves the way for TPS protections that already lapsed for about 7,000 Nepalis on 5 Aug. to be enforced, and for designations covering an estimated 51,000 Hondurans and 3,000 Nicaraguans to end on 8 Sept. Loss of status would revoke the migrants’ work permits and make them subject to removal. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem determined earlier this year that conditions in the three countries no longer warranted special protections, part of President Donald Trump’s broader effort to curtail humanitarian immigration programs. Advocacy groups contend the terminations violate the Administrative Procedure Act and stem from discrimination; Thompson has scheduled the next district-court hearing for 18 Nov. Wednesday’s order does not address the merits of the lawsuit, but it strengthens the administration’s push to narrow TPS after previously canceling protections for Venezuelan, Haitian, Ukrainian and other nationals, many of which remain under court review.