WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Supreme Court has allowed President Donald Trump’s administration to revoke temporary legal status granted to over 500,000 Venezuelan, Cuban, Haitian, and Nicaraguan migrants, overturning a lower court’s order that had blocked the move.
In an unsigned ruling issued on Friday, the court put on hold a decision by U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani in Boston, who had ruled that ending the humanitarian parole program required individual case reviews.
The court’s decision clears the way for the administration to place affected migrants on a fast-track for deportation while legal battles continue.
Justices Ketanji Brown Jackson and Sonia Sotomayor dissented, with Jackson warning of “devastating consequences” for migrants whose legal claims are still pending.
The parole program, introduced by former President Joe Biden, allowed migrants fleeing unstable conditions to live and work in the U.S. temporarily.
Trump, who reinstated his presidency in January, ordered its termination as part of a broader crackdown on immigration.
The Justice Department argued that the program’s suspension is crucial for restoring immigration enforcement.
But plaintiffs, including affected migrants and their American sponsors, said the move puts them at risk of deportation to dangerous conditions in their home countries.
