A Federal Judge has Blocked the Trump (R) Administration's push to Terminate the Legal Status of more than 8,400 Family Members of U.S. Citizens and Green Card Holders who Moved to the U.S. from Seven Latin American Countries.
Boston-based U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani issued a Preliminary Injunction Late on Saturday, that Prevents the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) from Ending the Humanitarian Parole Granted to Thousands of People from: Colombia, Cuba, Ecuador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, and El Salvador.
They had been Allowed to move to the U.S. under Family Reunification Parole Programs (FRP) that were Created or Modernized by President Biden's (D) Administration.
Trump's Administration has Ramped up Immigration Enforcement with $170 billion Budgeted for Immigration Agencies through September 2029, a Historic Sum.
Under FRP, U.S. Citizens or Lawful Permanent Residents, also known as Green Card Holders, could Apply to Serve as Sponsors for Family Members in those Seven Countries, letting them Live in the U.S. while they waited for their Immigrant Visas to become Available.
DHS said on 12/12/2025 it was Ending the Pprograms, on the Grounds that they were Inconsistent with Trump's Immigration Enforcement (ICE) Priorities and were abused to allow "poorly vetted aliens to circumvent the traditional parole process."
The Termination was Originally set to take effect 1/14/2026, but Talwani issued a Temporary Restraining Order Blocking it for 14 days, while She considered whether to issue Saturday's Longer-Term Injunction.
Talwani said the Department, led by Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem (R), had provided No Support for its Fraud Concerns or Considered whether Individuals could feasibly Return to their Home Countries, where many had Sold Homes or left Jobs.
"The Secretary could not provide a reasoned explanation of the agency's change in policy without acknowledging these interests," wrote Talwani, who was Appointed by President Barack Obama (D). "Accordingly, failure to do so was arbitrary and capricious."
The Ruling came in a Class Action Lawsuit pursued by Immigrant Rights Advocates challenging the Administration's Broader Rollback of Temporary Parole Granted to Hundreds of Thousands of Migrants.
Talwani earlier in that Case, Blocked the Administration from Ending Grants of Parole about 430,000 Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans, and Venezuelans, but the Supreme Court Lifted Her Order, which an Appeals Court later Overturned.
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