Supreme Court Allows Trump Administration to End Humanitarian Parole for 500,000 Migrants

The U.S. Supreme Court has allowed the Trump administration to end the humanitarian parole program that provided temporary legal status to over 500,000 migrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela, a policy originally established during the Biden administration. This ruling lifts a lower court's block on mass revocations, enabling immediate termination of the program without individual assessments, and potentially triggering widespread deportations. The program, created to offer a legal and orderly way for migrants to live and work temporarily in the U.S., was intended to reduce illegal border crossings. The decision was met with dissent from liberal justices Ketanji Brown Jackson and Sonia Sotomayor, who warned of the severe human consequences and chaos that could result from the mass revocation of legal status. While the ruling is not final and further legal proceedings will continue in lower courts, it marks a significant judicial endorsement of the Trump administration's immigration crackdown. Civil rights groups and migrant advocates have expressed concern over the ruling's impact on individuals with pending legal matters and established lives in the U.S.