A federal judge says she's inclined to block President Donald Trump’s administration for now from firing workers during the government shutdown

A federal judge has temporarily blocked the Trump administration from firing workers during the government shutdown, saying the human cost "cannot be tolerated."

President Donald Trump’s administration for now must stop firing workers during the government shutdown, a federal judge in San Francisco ordered on Wednesday. U.S. District Judge Susan Illston issued the emergency order after federal agencies on Friday started issuing layoff notices aimed at reducing the size of the federal government.

President Donald Trump is making this government shutdown unlike any the country has ever seen, enabling his budget office a rare authority to pick winners and losers — who gets paid or fired — in an unprecedented restructuring across the federal workforce.

White House Budget Director Russell Vought said he expects President Donald Trump’s administration to fire more than 10,000 federal workers during the government shutdown.

The Trump administration has threatened additional layoffs after announcing roughly 4,000 federal workers would lose their jobs amid the shutdown.

Amid the government shutdown, the Trump administration fired almost all employees in the Department of Education’s Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services.

The Trump administration could slash more than 10,000 federal jobs during the government shutdown, White House budget director Russell Vought said.