India, May 3 -- A federal judge blocked the Trump administration from forcing about 3,000 Yemeni refugees to leave the US, ruling that Temporary Protected Status repeatedly granted to them and due to expire Monday should be extended again.

Judge Dale E Ho in Manhattan extended the status temporarily while a lawsuit he presides over proceeds. He said in a written decision that people granted the status are ordinary, law-abiding people who the US government had determined could face threats to their safety if they were returned to a country facing an ongoing armed conflict.

Amid its immigration crackdown, the Trump administration has terminated Temporary Protected Status for people from nine countries, including Haiti, Venezuela and Ethio...