- Court Ruling: A federal appeals court rejected the Trump administration’s bid to revoke the temporary legal status of hundreds of thousands of Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans, and Venezuelans living in the United States.
- Department of Homeland Security: The court declined to put a judge’s order on hold, halting the Department of Homeland Security’s move to cut short a two-year “parole” granted to the migrants.
- Immigration Crackdown: The administration’s action marked an expansion of President Trump’s hardline crackdown on immigration and push to ramp up deportations.
- Discretionary Authority: The administration argued that Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem had the discretion to end the migrants’ status categorically.
The Boston-based 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled against the Trump administration’s request, with a three-judge panel comprised entirely of appointees of Democratic presidents determining that Noem “has not at this point made a ‘strong showing’ that her categorical termination of plaintiffs’ parole is likely to be sustained on appeal.” This decision upholds a lower court order blocking the administration’s move to revoke the temporary legal status of migrants granted parole under President Joe Biden.
The Trump administration’s efforts to crack down on immigration have been ongoing, with recent reports suggesting plans to add immigrants without legal status to a database of dead people, effectively cancelling their Social Security numbers and cutting them off from financial services. This move aims to pressure migrants to self-deport by removing their access to basic financial services.
