A federal judge has ordered a temporary halt to the U.S. government’s plan to terminate Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for nationals of Myanmar living in the United States — a shift from the Trump administration’s recent assessment that conditions in Myanmar have improved. The ruling interrupts a move that had signaled U.S. support for the junta’s upcoming elections and marks a departure from the administration’s controversial policy to end TPS for Burmese nationals. On Jan. 23, U.S.