Mario Monroy Villalta, 24, will get a hearing after challenging an expedited removal order that would have allowed his immediate deportation without a hearing.

Temporary protections allowing nearly 12,000 Afghans to work in the U.S. and avoid deportation are expiring. The Department of Homeland Security announced in May that it would end Temporary

An appeals court has briefly extended temporary protected status (TPS) for nearly 12,000 Afghans in the United States, hours before it was to expire. Monday’s order came 60 days after the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) under President Donald Trump announced that it was ending the legal protections for thousands of Afghans legally living in the United States.