SCOTUS Allows Trump Administration to Revoke Legal Status for 500K Illegal Aliens

The Supreme Court will allow the Trump administration to revoke temporary protected status for 500,000 illegal aliens living in the U.S.  

In a 7-2 ruling on Friday, the justices lifted a lower court’s order that barred the Trump administration from deporting illegal aliens from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela who entered the U.S. under the Biden administration parole program.  

The court’s decision comes in response to Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem’s efforts to end the Biden-era parole policy that allowed migrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela to fly directly into the U.S. and be transported into the interior of the county.  

On his first day back in office, President Donald Trump signed an executive order directing DHS to “Terminate all categorical parole programs,” including the “Processes for Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans, and Venezuelans.”  

In March, the Department of Homeland Security issued a notice announcing the official termination of the program effective on April 24, but a federal judge blocked DHS from revoking legal status for the illegal aliens in the U.S. under the parole program. 

The Trump administration’s action was challenged in a federal court in Massachusetts which stayed DHS’s action. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit upheld the federal court’s decision. The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court to undo the low court’s stay. 

The Supreme Court’s order allows the Trump administration to move forward with plans to terminate the legal status of Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela migrants while an appeal is pending before the 1st Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals. 

This piece was updated after publication with additional information.

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