The 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Boston rejected the Trump administration’s request to revoke the temporary legal status of hundreds of thousands of Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans and Venezuelans residing in the United States.
The court declined to put on hold a judge’s order blocking the Department of Homeland Security’s move to shorten a two-year parole granted to these migrants under the previous administration of President Joe Biden.
The big picture: This decision by the appeals court thwarted the administration’s efforts to expand the hardline crackdown on immigration and increase deportations, including those of noncitizens previously granted the legal right to reside and work in the U.S.
- The lawsuit, brought by immigrant rights advocates, contested the agency’s decision to pause various parole programs introduced during the Biden administration which allowed migrants from countries like Ukraine, Afghanistan, Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela to enter the U.S.
- Despite the ongoing legal proceedings, the Department of Homeland Security announced its decision on March 25 to terminate the two-year parole granted to around 400,000 Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans, and Venezuelans.
- U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani, appointed by President Barack Obama, halted the agency’s action on April 25, citing concerns that the revocation of the previously granted parole and work authorizations was done categorically without the necessary case-by-case review.
