Supreme Court Lets Trump Revoke Parole Status for 500,000 Migrants

The U.S. Supreme Court has allowed the Trump administration to revoke temporary legal status, known as immigration parole, for over 500,000 migrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela, a program originally established during the Biden administration. This parole status permitted these migrants to live and work temporarily in the United States, often granted for urgent humanitarian reasons. The decision puts on hold a federal judge's order that had blocked the termination of these paroles without individualized review, enabling the administration to accelerate deportations through expedited removal processes. The court's order, which saw dissents from liberal justices Ketanji Brown Jackson and Sonia Sotomayor, is an emergency ruling and the broader legal battle continues in lower courts. The Trump administration argues that the Department of Homeland Security has the authority under the Immigration and Nationality Act to end such parole programs, a move that challenges the Biden-era approach to immigration management. Critics warn of the severe consequences for the affected migrants, as the court's ruling allows the government to rapidly end protections that had allowed these individuals to remain in the U.S. temporarily.