Supreme Court Allows Trump Administration to End Parole Status for 500,000 Migrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, Venezuela

The U.S. Supreme Court has allowed the Trump administration to end humanitarian parole protections for over 500,000 migrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela, a program initially introduced by the Biden administration to alleviate pressure on the southern border. This decision also permits the termination of Temporary Protected Status for around 350,000 Venezuelans, potentially putting about one million migrants at risk of deportation. The parole program had allowed migrants who passed background checks and secured sponsors to live and work in the U.S. for two years, but the Supreme Court's stay of a lower court injunction enables the federal government to strip these migrants of their legal status while legal challenges continue. Justices Ketanji Brown Jackson and Sonia Sotomayor dissented, expressing concern over the consequences for the migrants, who face the difficult choice between leaving the U.S. or risking formal deportation. Local communities and advocates have expressed devastation, describing the decision as a severe hardship on affected refugees. The Department of Homeland Security framed the ruling as a return to common-sense immigration policies and public safety.