humanitarian parole

DHS ends family reunification parole programs for seven countries, deadline set for January 14, 2026

The Department of Homeland Security announced it is ending all categorical family reunification parole (FRP) programs for aliens from 7 countries, including Colombia, Cuba, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, and Honduras, along with their immediate family members.“This administration is ending the abuse of humanitarian parole which allowed poorly vetted aliens to circumvent the traditional parole […]

Trump administration reverses deportation order of four-year-old child undergoing life-saving treatment

Four-year-old Mexican girl, her mother and lawyers leave a press conference in Los Angeles (Image credits: AP) The Trump administration reversed its decision to revoke the legal status of a four-year-old girl receiving life-saving treatment in the US, following widespread backlash.“This is to advise you that effective June 2, 2025, you have been granted humanitarian […]

Trump asks Supreme Court to end Biden-era humanitarian parole, threatening legal status of 500,000 migrants

The Trump administration has turned to the Supreme Court in a fresh effort to end legal protections for hundreds of thousands of immigrants. In an emergency filing on Thursday, the administration asked the justices to reverse a lower court’s order that blocked plans to cancel humanitarian parole for people from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela. […]

US court blocks Donald Trump’s bid to end legal status for 400,000 migrants

US President Donald Trump’s bid to end temporary legal status for thousands of migrants was faced with rejection from a federal appeals court, giving a blow to his ongoing immigration crackdown aimed at increasing deportations. This appeal was as a part of his latest efforts to curb legal status and deport migrants including Cubans, Haitians, […]

Who is Indira Talwani, the Indian-American judge who blocked Trump’s deportation order?

Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Indian-American US district Judge Indira Talwani recently said she would stay the order that aimed to strip legal protections from over 500,000 individuals. The immigrants—primarily from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela—had entered the US under a Biden-era humanitarian parole programme that granted them two-year work permits. The decision prevents deportation efforts from […]