By Jay Weaver and Syra Ortiz Blanes
A federal judge on Thursday signaled she will stop the Trump administration from removing deportation protections for more than a half-million Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans and Venezuelans who were admitted into the United States under a humanitarian parole program during the Biden presidency.
U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani said in Boston federal court that her decision will allow the paroled migrants to stay in the United States as they pursue immigration benefits. In effect, it will prevent the Department of Homeland Security from revoking their parole status as part of an administration plan to end the humanitarian program on April 24.
For now, the judge’s intent to issue a stay prevents the Homeland Security from terminating the migrants’ parole rights granted by the prior Biden administration. It signals a major victory for the paroled migrants from the four countries, who sued the Trump administration in the hope of remaining in the United States for a two-year period.
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