Overview
- U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani said she will issue a temporary restraining order on Monday, pausing the Jan. 14 cutoffs for migrants paroled under the family reunification process.
- The ruling will shield people from Colombia, Cuba, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, and Honduras who received three-year parole to join relatives in the United States.
- Immigrant rights groups sought the order in a Boston case that could extend protections beyond the five named plaintiffs to thousands enrolled in the program.
- Talwani said DHS has not shown it provided proper individualized notice before stripping status and work authorization, signaling procedural defects in the termination.
- DHS ended the programs on Dec. 12 citing security, fraud risks, and resource priorities, while government lawyers argued Secretary Kristi Noem has broad authority to terminate parole.