Temporary measures that allowed nearly 12,000 Afghans to work in the U.S. and be protected from deportation are expiring Monday as part of the Trump administration's efforts to make more people eligible for removal from the country.

An appeals court temporarily blocked the Trump administration from revoking temporary protected status for thousands of people from Afghanistan living in the United States. The Trump administration was planning to revoke Afghans’ temporary protected status as part of a broader push to revoke the status for hundreds of thousands of immigrants living legally in the