A federal appeals court has given the Trump administration the go-ahead to end deportation protections and revoke work permits for more than 63,000 immigrants from Nicaragua, Honduras and Nepal, despite a lower court judge’s conclusion that the administration’s action was driven by racism.

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,