Overview

• Judge Jia M. Cobb of the U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., enjoined the nationwide use of expedited removal for migrants admitted under conditional humanitarian parole.
• A Ninth Circuit panel upheld a restraining order blocking ICE from detaining individuals based solely on race, language, occupation or location.
• The injunctions protect roughly 530,000 migrants admitted through Operation Allies Welcome and the Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela sponsorship program.
• Judges ruled that the Department of Homeland Security exceeded its authority by retroactively altering parole rules and expanding fast-track removal beyond its statutory limits.
• CHIRLA, UndocuBlack Network and CASA hailed the rulings as victories for due process while the government weighs appeals and faces ongoing litigation.