Overview

• The court’s unsigned 7–2 order pauses U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani’s injunction on ending the humanitarian parole program for Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela
• About 532,000 migrants granted two-year parole under the Biden administration now face potential expedited removal without legal protections
• Justices Ketanji Brown Jackson and Sonia Sotomayor dissented, warning of “devastating consequences” for beneficiaries and their U.S.-based sponsors
• The Trump administration argues that revoking mass parole status will enable faster deportations through an expedited removal process
• The challenge now returns to the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Boston, with protections suspended until a final decision