Trump administrators may not revoke interim legal status for immigration: judges
A federal judge prevented the Trump administration from revoking interim legal status from hundreds of thousands of Nicaraguan, Venezuelans, Cubans and Haitians who were initially granted parole.
U.S. District Court Judge Indira Talwani said Thursday that the Department of Homeland Security mistakenly read the law when it decided to end the Biden administration’s two-year parole.
Talwani, appointed by former President Barack Obama, said the revocation of temporary legal status would speed up deportation procedures by about 450,000 people.
“You are prioritizing not those who cross the border, but people who follow the rules,” Talvani said.
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Justice Department attorney Brian Ward argued at a hearing Thursday that the parole plan is always at the discretion.
“The problem here is that the secretary has to make reasonable decisions when shortening the parole periods offered by these people,” according to Time magazine. “There is a deal, and now that deal has been weakened.”
Immigration advocacy groups initially sued the Trump administration to end the Biden administration’s plan to start with the Biden administration’s parole program.
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The Department of Homeland Security logo can be seen at a press conference in Washington, D.C. on February 25, 2015. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, file)
The Trump administration attempts to revoke temporary legal status for immigration in four countries on March 25.
They flew to the United States after submitting an application based on a Biden-era policy, which was shut down by Trump when he took office for the second time.
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Then-President Joe Biden spoke in the Roosevelt Room in the White House in Washington on January 10. （AP/Ben Curtis）
The program allows immigrants and their immediate family members to have sponsors in the United States and then place them on parole for two years.
Landon Mion and Reuters of Fox News contributed to the report.
