The Supreme Court let President Donald Trump’s administration immediately strip the legal right to temporarily live and work in the US from as many as half a million people from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela.
Over two dissents, the high court cleared the Department of Homeland Security to end so-called parole programs that under Joe Biden’s presidency gave migrants from those four countries temporary legal status. The justices put on hold a federal trial court order that had blocked the cancellation while litigation went forward.
The decision marks the second time in less than two weeks the justices have opened hundreds of thousands of migrants to possible deportation. It follows the court’s May 19 order letting DHS end legal protections for 350,000 Venezuelans under a different program. The decisions are bolstering Trump administration efforts to aggressively evict migrants — including some people who came to the US legally.
As is often the case with emergency orders, the court gave no explanation.