Overview

• Judge Jia M. Cobb of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia issued a nationwide injunction on August 1, pausing the administration’s policy to subject humanitarian parolees to summary deportations
• The order shields migrants admitted under the Biden-era CHNV sponsorship program and the Operation Allies Welcome initiative from expedited removals without hearings or legal representation
• In an 84-page opinion, Cobb found that DHS overstepped the 1996 Immigration Act by extending expedited removal beyond border crossings and criticized tactics resembling those of oppressive regimes
• Pro-immigrant groups CHIRLA, UndocuBlack Network and CASA sued over due process violations, arguing that parolees deserve court hearings and legal counsel, and they plan to seek a permanent injunction
• The ruling is the latest in a series of judicial setbacks for Trump’s immigration directives following blocks on bond hearing bans and curbs on birthright citizenship orders