The Department of Homeland Security’s termination of temporary protections for half a million migrant parolees survived a federal appellate court test, bolstering the legal basis for Trump administration efforts to target humanitarian parole programs.
Plaintiffs challenging the revocation of parole for migrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela hadn’t made a strong showing the move was arbitrary and capricious, the US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit held Friday in reversing a lower court.
The US Supreme Court has allowed the government to move ahead with revoking CHNV parole grants, approving an emergency request by DHS to ignore a district court order blocking removal of those immigrants while litigation unfolds.
Thousands of requests for green cards or other temporary relief are still pending at DHS.
The agency has moved to dismantle a broad swathe of temporary humanitarian programs, discontinuing refugee…
