On Friday, an Obama-appointed activist judge ruled to block the Trump administration from ending TPS for Somali migrants.
Judge Allison Burroughs’ highly-controversial ruling is in open defiance of a Supreme Court decision handed down at the end of June that states lower courts cannot overrule the DHS on TPS.
We covered the full details on that here:
JUDICIAL COUP: Obama Judge Defies SCOTUS to Shield Somali Migrants
TLDR: this rogue judge blatantly ignored the Supreme Court and attempted to override the Trump administration in order to protect Somali migrants.
And now, efforts are underway in Congress to impeach her!
On Saturday, Rep. Andy Ogles announced that he will be filing articles of impeachment against Judge Burroughs.
Read his announcement on X here:
On Monday I will file Articles of Impeachment against Judge Allison Burroughs for her unconstitutional act of Judicial Activism!!!
Enough is enough, Americans First NOT 3rd world migrants. https://t.co/r50Q8Wor8n— Rep. Andy Ogles (@RepOgles) August 1, 2026
This comes after Elon Musk publicly called for Burroughs to be impeached:
There must be at least one attempted impeachment!
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) August 1, 2026
He isn't the only one who called out this unelected judge's unlawful decision.
Fox News reported on several high-profile reactions to this instance of judicial overreach:
The latest order drew an immediate rebuke from DHS General Counsel James Percival, who accused Burroughs of continuing a pattern of judicial obstruction.
ADVERTISEMENT"Judge Allison Burroughs just entered yet another order preventing the termination of Somalia TPS. There is no serious debate about what is going on in these cases — defiance, obstruction, and delay," Percival wrote on X.
Iowa Solicitor General Eric Wessan argued Burroughs' order improperly grants emergency relief despite what he described as legally deficient claims.
"I looked at the amended complaint in the Somalia TPS case," Wessan wrote on X. "The district judge has entered a novel 'administrative stay' to sort out the claims. She has declared the TPS termination 'void' for now, while deciding whether any of the claims can justify a more permanent pause."
Wessan argued that the order "turns the law upside down," writing that four of the lawsuit's five claims are foreclosed by the Supreme Court's decision in Mullin and describing the remaining claim as "frivolous."
"Even if this was a fresh lawsuit without the baggage, the claims cannot justify any relief — much less meet the high bar for interim relief," Wessan wrote. "This is very bad. I hope that, with time to review, Judge Burroughs vacates her administrative stay to allow the correct status quo to continue."
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