President Donald Trump’s administration formally requested this Thursday, May 9, 2025, the U. S. Supreme Court to allow it to end the humanitarian parole program implemented during the Joe Biden administration. This program has allowed citizens from Cuba, Venezuela, Haiti and Nicaragua to reside and work temporarily in the U.S., provided they have U.S. sponsors and pass security checks.
The Trump administration argues that keeping parole active interferes with its immigration policies, specifically designed to deter irregular migration. According to the appeal, the program undermines the executive branch’s right to make immigration decisions and directly affects “democratically approved policies that were central to the November election.”
Legal battle in federal courts
In response to the executive decision, beneficiaries of the program filed a lawsuit in federal courts.
Judge Indira Talwani, in a district court in Massachusetts, temporarily blocked the government’s attempt to end parole across the board.
Talwani noted that termination should be evaluated on a case-by-case basis, not absolutely.
The Trump administration argues that keeping parole active interferes with its immigration policies
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A three-judge panel of the Federal Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, based in Boston, upheld that decision.
The majority of the panel – two judges appointed by Biden and one by Obama – expressed doubts that the current Secretary of Homeland Security, Kristi Noem, had sufficient authority to completely overturn the humanitarian program.
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The parole program has benefited more than 500,000 people to date, primarily Latinos.
Many of them have established homes, employment and community connections in the U.S., making this litigation a life or deportation decision.
The Trump administration contends that the parole recipients accepted “a temporary, discretionary benefit revocable at any time.”
And that they were not promised a permanent path to residency.
The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on May 15.
It will be a key week for other immigration issues as well, including the debate on birthright citizenship.
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