Overview

• U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani halted the Trump administration's plan to end the humanitarian parole program for migrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela.
• The program, initiated under the Biden administration, provided temporary legal status and work permits to over 450,000 migrants who entered the U.S. legally with sponsorship.
• Judge Talwani criticized the administration's actions as based on an incorrect interpretation of immigration law, which she argued does not apply to legally paroled migrants.
• The Trump administration's move to revoke protections would have exposed migrants to expedited deportation starting April 24, 2025, but the judicial stay has paused these efforts.
• This legal intervention underscores broader tensions over U.S. immigration policy, with the Biden-era humanitarian approach clashing with the Trump administration's enforcement priorities.