A federal judge in Massachusetts said Thursday she intends to stop the Trump administration from terminating a key humanitarian parole program that has allowed more than 500,000 migrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela to live and work temporarily in the United States.
U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani announced she will issue a stay preventing the Department of Homeland Security from ending the program later this month, offering temporary protection from deportation as the court weighs broader legal challenges to the administration’s move, noted CBS News.
Bill Melugin, who’s been covering the border for years, noted that the stay reveals how liberals, including liberal judges, firmly believe in presidential powers when there’s a Democrat in power but think it is illegal for Republicans to use the same kind of power.
Biden used his executive authority to allow more than 500k + migrants from these four countries to fly into the U.S. for *TEMPORARY* parole grants, then announced his admin won’t renew the grants, but this fed judge is now blocking Trump from using his own authority to end it. https://t.co/PMRHrnNDBl
— Bill Melugin (@BillMelugin_) April 11, 2025
Launched in late 2022 as part of the White House’s effort to curb illegal border crossings, the program granted two-year parole to qualifying migrants who secured a financial sponsor already living in the U.S. It initially applied to Venezuelans but was expanded in early 2023 to include Cubans, Haitians, and Nicaraguans.
Last month, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said the program would officially end on April 24, giving current participants just 30 days to prepare for removal. Administration officials argued the program no longer served the national interest and said DHS had full legal authority to cancel it.
But advocates quickly filed suit, accusing the government of violating the Administrative Procedure Act by scrapping the program without adequate justification or public input. Their complaint argues that the move is not only unlawful but would leave thousands of migrants—many of whom have no other legal immigration options—in immediate jeopardy.
Attorneys for the Trump administration have countered that the CHNV parole initiative was always meant to be temporary and discretionary. They said the policy never promised permanent residency or renewal and that the DHS secretary has broad authority to adapt programs in response to shifting policy goals.
Judge Talwani’s expected order could delay one of the Trump administration’s largest immigration moves to date.
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I’d have no problem with the Cubans. They tend to make the best Americans.
Just another useless liberal activist judge thumbing her nose at the Constitution, the Separation of Powers Clause and the rule of law for politically motivate reasons. Pam Bondi MUST remove this traitor from the DOJ.
Impeach the judge