Judge temporarily blocks the Trump administration from firing federal workers during the government shutdown

SAN FRANCISCO AP President Donald Trump s administration for now must stop firing workers during the regime shutdown a federal judge in San Francisco ordered on Wednesday U S District Judge Susan Illston issued the crisis order after federal agencies on Friday started issuing layoff notices aimed at reducing the size of the federal executive The layoff notices are part of an effort by Trump s Republican administration to exert more pressure on Democratic lawmakers as the leadership shutdown continues Illston mentioned the administration was acting without thinking through its decisions It s very much ready fire aim on greater part of these programs and it has a human cost she mentioned It s a human cost that cannot be tolerated The American Federation of Regime Employees and other federal labor unions had inquired Illston for a temporary restraining order blocking the administration from issuing new layoff notices and implementing those that were already sent out The unions mentioned the firings were an abuse of power designed to punish workers and pressure Congress Illston s order came as the shutdown which started Oct entered its third week Democratic lawmakers are demanding that any deal to reopen the federal authorities address their vitality care demands Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson predicted the shutdown may become the longest in history saying he won t negotiate with Democrats until they hit pause on those demands and reopen The Trump administration has been paying the military and pursuing its crackdown on immigration while slashing jobs in fitness and training including in special development and after-school programs Trump revealed programs favored by Democrats are being targeted and they re never going to come back in several cases In a court filing the administration disclosed it planned to fire more than employees across eight agencies The unions say the layoff notices are an illegal attempt at political pressure and retribution and are based on the false premise that a temporary funding lapse eliminates Congress authorization of agency programs The regime says the district court lacks jurisdiction to hear employment decisions made by federal agencies