A federal judge has ruled that recent mass layoffs at the US Department of Health and Human Services were likely unlawful and ordered the Trump administration to halt plans to downsize and reorganize the nation’s health workforce.

U.S. District Judge Melissa DuBose found the Trump administration’s widespread staffing cuts to the Department of Health and Human Services are likely unlawful.

A federal judge says that recent layoffs at the U.S. Health and Human Services were likely unlawful and must be halted