The administration of US President Donald Trump asked the Supreme Court today to allow it to revoke humanitarian parole for more than 500.000 immigrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela.
The urgent appeal asks the court to block a lower court order upholding their legal protections. The Trump administration argues that the decision infringes on the jurisdiction of the Department of Homeland Security.
An order by U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani in Boston blocked the Trump administration from ending the immigrants' legal status. Her ruling in mid-April came just before it was due to be revoked, putting them at risk of potential deportation.
She said the government's explanation for ending the program was "based on a misinterpretation of the law." Activists argued that the Trump administration's move to end the program was "unprecedented" and violated federal rulemaking.
Former President Biden has used humanitarian parole more than any other president, using a special presidential authority that has been in place since 1952.
Trump campaigned on promises to deport millions of people who are in the country illegally. His administration has also sought to roll back policies from President Joseph Biden's administration that created new ways for people to live in the United States legally.
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