NEW<\/span>You can now listen to Fox News articles!\n <\/p>\n<\/div>\n A federal appeals court in San Francisco granted a stay allowing the government to proceed with terminating Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for immigrants from Nepal, Honduras and Nicaragua.<\/p>\n The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals issued an order freezing a lower court ruling that would have vacated Department of Homeland Security<\/a> (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem\u2019s decision to end the protections.<\/p>\n Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem speaks at a press conference in New York City, Jan. 8, 2026.\u00a0<\/span> (David ‘Dee’ Delgado\/Reuters)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n The court found the government was likely to succeed on the grounds that the DHS decision was not “arbitrary or capricious,” suggesting that the decision-making process was rational.<\/p>\n “The government is likely to prevail in its argument that the Secretary\u2019s decision-making process in terminating TPS for Honduras, Nicaragua, and Nepal was not arbitrary and capricious,” court documents said.\u00a0<\/p>\n![\"Kristi](\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1200\/675\/kristi-noem-january-2026.jpg?ve=1&tl=1\")
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