The order suspends the application of three directives of the current Trump administration that harmed migrants with humanitarian parole.
Arequipa, Peru – “a victory for the defenders of the rights of immigrants who argued that politics was illegal and dangerous,” he described The CNN channel The use of three US government directives that accelerated the deportation of immigrants who entered the country legally through the humanitarian parole program.
This Friday, federal judge Jia Cobb reversed the application of the aforementioned directives. The decision responds to a lawsuit initiated on March 24, 2025 in the District Court of Washington DC by Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights (Chirla), Undocublack Network and Casa, with representation of the Justice Action Center.
Thousands of migrants, including Cubans in the US, receive with this judicial ruling A relief (at least temporary), while the suspension stops deportation of people to whom a parole was granted and have been arrested. Based on administrative law, the decision establishes that policy probably violates the accelerated deportation statute and is “arbitrary and capricious.”
“In a world of bad options, they acted according to the rules (…) Now, the government has not only closed those ways for newcomers, but also changed the rules for people with ‘Parole’ who are already here,” said
According to the judge, who was appointed by former president Joe Biden, still underlies the question of whether people with “parole” who escaped of oppression In their countries of origin they will have the opportunity to defend their case within a rules system.
“Or, alternatively, will they be summarily deported from a country that … could they look more and more to the countries they tried to escape?” He added.
The suspension will remain in force while the demand is processed and suspends the application of three directives of the current Trump administration: a January National Security Memorandum, a directive of the February immigration and control service in February and the cancellation in March of the humanitarian “parole” programs for Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans and Venezuelans.
“The COBB failure is specifically applied to the people who were previously granted the authorization to permanence in the entry ports,” says CNN.
The parolehumanitary, with which a large number of Cubans have benefited, was implemented in January 2023 by the administration of Joe Biden as a “legal and safe” route for people fleeing from humanitarian crises, as long as they had a sponsor in the United States.
