Trump administration asks Supreme Court to end humanitarian parole for four countries

Barbed razor wire atop edge fence in San Ysidro Chris Stone Times of San Diego President Donald Trump s administration demanded the Supreme Court on Thursday to allow it to end humanitarian parole for hundreds of thousands of immigrants from four countries setting them up for foreseen deportation The crisis appeal asks the justices to halt a lower-court order keeping in place temporary legal status for more than people from Cuba Haiti Nicaragua and Venezuela The Republican administration argues that the decision wrongly intrudes on the Department of Homeland Safety s authority The district court has nullified one of the administration s bulk consequential immigration program decisions Solicitor General John Sauer wrote The order from U S District Judge Indira Talwani in Boston blocked the Trump administration from putting an early end to the refugees temporary legal status Her ruling in mid-April came shortly before their permits were due to be canceled opening them up to removal from the country Talwani who was appointed by Democratic President Barack Obama noted that people in the activity faced the option of fleeing the country or staying and jeopardy losing everything She revealed the authorities s explanation for ending the effort was based on an incorrect reading of the law Sauer argued that the judge was instead wrong on the law including her finding that any revocations of parole must be made on a case-by-case basis He argued that ending the project early allows the federal cabinet to remove people from the country more hastily in line with the Trump administration s strategy goals The episode is the latest in a string of urgency appeals the Trump administration has made to the Supreme Court countless of them related to immigration The cabinet solicited the court to strip temporary legal protections from Venezuelans last week and it remains locked in legal battles over its efforts to swiftly deport people accused of being gang members to a prison in El Salvador under an th century wartime law called the Alien Enemies Act Trump promised on the campaign trail to deport millions of people who are in the country illegally His administration has also sought to dismantle policies from President Joe Biden s Democratic administration that created new solutions for people to live legally in the U S generally for two years with work authorization Biden used humanitarian parole more than any other president employing a special presidential authority in effect since Beneficiaries included more than Cubans Haitians Nicaraguans and Venezuelans who flew to the United States with financial sponsors on two-year permits since late with authorization to work Advocates have called the Trump administration s move to end the project unprecedented and argued that it violated federal rule-making