Judge Pauses Trump Bid to End Migrant Parole for Thousands (1)

A federal judge in Boston temporarily blocked the Trump administration from terminating protections for more than half a million immigrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela admitted through a Biden-era humanitarian parole program.

Parole terminations for the so-called “CHNV” program are stayed pending further court action, Judge Indira Talwani of the US District Court for the District of Massachusetts said in an order issued Monday.

She found that plaintiffs were likely to succeed on claims that the termination of parole protections was arbitrary and capricious. Plaintiffs also met requirements to proceed on a class basis, Talwani said.

The order is ...