Judge weighs lawsuit on ending of Liberian immigrant program

WORCESTER, Mass. (AP) — A federal judge in Massachusetts is weighing the Trump administration’s request to dismiss a lawsuit challenging its decision to end a humanitarian program allowing Liberian immigrants to live and work in the country.
Judge Timothy Hillman is holding a hearing Wednesday in Worcester federal court in a lawsuit filed on behalf of 15 Liberian immigrants.
The March lawsuit challenges the administration’s 2018 decision to end the Deferred Enforced Departure p