US Supreme Court Backs Trump on Migrant Legal Status Rollback
The U.S. Supreme Court has temporarily allowed former President Donald Trump’s administration to revoke temporary legal protections for more than 500,000 migrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela, marking a major development in the country’s ongoing immigration battle.
These migrants entered the U.S. under a humanitarian “parole” program launched by President Joe Biden, which permitted up to 30,000 individuals per month from the four crisis-stricken nations to live and work legally in the U.S. for up to two years.
The program was designed to address growing instability and humanitarian concerns in their home countries.
However, as Trump returns to a hardline stance on immigration, his administration has moved to dismantle this initiative.
Legal disputes surrounding the rollback led to a federal court blocking the policy change — a decision that was later appealed to the Supreme Court.
In a brief, unsigned order, the conservative-majority Court granted a request from the Trump administration to lift the lower court’s injunction, effectively clearing the way — at least temporarily — for the termination of the parole program. No rationale was provided in the order.
Liberal Justices Sonia Sotomayor and Ketanji Brown Jackson strongly dissented, warning of the “devastating consequences” the decision could have on hundreds of thousands of people now faced with the risk of deportation or return to dangerous environments.
The dissent argued that this ruling could strip legal protections from individuals who had relied on them in good faith and whose safety may now be in jeopardy.
Earlier lower court rulings had sided with the migrants, stating that the administration’s attempt to cancel the program was based on an incorrect interpretation of immigration laws.
The ruling comes amid Trump’s broader push for sweeping immigration crackdowns, including a pledge to launch mass deportations if elected.
This decision now signals a potentially significant shift in immigration policy as the 2024 election approaches.
US Supreme Court Backs Trump on Migrant Legal Status Rollback