Overview

• The ruling targets the CHNV humanitarian parole program that granted two-year stays to 532,000 nationals of Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela.
• By pausing Judge Indira Talwani’s April order, the decision allows Homeland Security to initiate expedited removal proceedings even as appeals continue in the First Circuit.
• Justices Ketanji Brown Jackson and Sonia Sotomayor dissented, warning that abrupt status revocations threaten migrants’ lives and livelihoods.
• Immigrant advocates caution that revoking parole en masse risks family separations and returns to countries where many face persecution or violence.
• This marks the second time in May the court has sided with the administration’s bid to end Biden-era protections, following approval to revoke status for 350,000 Venezuelans.