A federal appeals court in San Francisco handed the Trump administration a legal win by granting an emergency stay that clears the way for ending temporary protected status for about 60,000 immigrants from Honduras, Nicaragua, and Nepal.

The Department of Homeland Security praised the brief order by the United States Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit, calling it a validation of President Donald Trump’s broader deportation agenda and a “major victory” in a statement Wednesday afternoon. “This is yet another huge legal victory for the Trump administration, the rule of law, [and] safety of the American public,” Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said.