President Donald Trump’s administration has filed an emergency appeal with the Supreme Court to seek permission to terminate humanitarian parole for over 500,000 individuals from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela.
The big picture: The appeal challenges a lower court ruling that prevented the administration from ending the temporary legal status of these immigrants, potentially leading to their deportation.
- U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani, appointed by former President Barack Obama, issued the order blocking the program’s termination, stating that depriving these immigrants of legal status put them in a dilemma of either leaving the country or risking their current status.
- The Trump administration argued that the district court’s decision interfered with the Department of Homeland Security’s authority to make immigration policy decisions.
GO deeper: This case is part of a series of emergency appeals related to immigration matters that the Trump administration has brought before the Supreme Court.
- President Trump campaigned on a promise to address illegal immigration by deporting millions of individuals, while his administration has worked to reverse policies implemented by President Joe Biden that provided pathways for legal residence in the U.S.
- Under President Biden’s administration, humanitarian parole was extensively used, benefiting half a million individuals from the four mentioned countries with two-year permits and work authorization since late 2022.
