A federal judge ruled that the Trump administration must resume a programme that has shielded hundreds of thousands of young immigrants from deportation but gave it 90 days to restate its arguments before his order takes effect.
The ruling by US District Judge John D Bates in Washington, if it survives the 90-day reprieve, would be a new setback for the administration because it would require the administration to accept requests from first-time applicants for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) programme.
Two nationwide injunctions earlier this year applied only to renewal requests.
Bates said the administration's decision to end DACA, announced in September, relied on "meager legal reasoning."
He invited the Department of Homeland Security to try again, "this time providing a fuller explanation for the determination that the programme lacks statutory and constitutional authority."
Princeton President Christopher L Eisgruber said he was "delighted."
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