A federal judge has prevented the Trump administration from revoking temporary legal status for the hundreds of thousands of Nicaragans, Venezuelans, Cubans and Haitians who were initially granted parole.
US District Judge Indira Talwani said Thursday he misread the law when the Department of Homeland Security decided to end the two-year parole given by the Biden administration.
Talwani, appointed by former President Barack Obama, said the temporary revocation of legal status would open up about 450,000 individuals to a rapid deportation process.
“What you prioritize is people who follow the rules, not people who come across the border,” Talwani said.
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Justice Department attorney Brian Ward argued at his hearing Thursday that the parole program was always discretionary.
“The nuclear weapons in question here are that they must make reasonable decisions when shortening the parole period given to these individuals,” Talwani said. Time Magazine. “There was a deal and now the deal has dropped.”
Immigration advocacy groups initially sued the Trump administration over plans to end the parole program, which began under the Biden administration.
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The Trump administration tried to revoke the temporary legal status of immigrants from four countries on March 25th.
They flew to the US after filing applications based on Biden-era policies that were shut down when Trump took office for the second time.
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The program allowed immigrants and their close relatives to fly to the United States as long as they had sponsors in the United States. He is then parole for two years.
Landon Mion and Reuters of Fox News contributed to this report.
