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31-05-2025
A recent Supreme Court ruling has plunged hundreds of thousands of migrants into uncertainty, allowing the Trump administration to revoke temporary legal status granted to over 530,000 immigrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela during the Biden administration. The decision effectively killed a program that granted humanitarian parole to nationals from these countries, leaving many fearing deportation and potential return to perilous homelands. The affected migrants, many of whom had secured US sponsors and passed background checks, now face an uncertain future, with some considering migrating to Canada or returning to their home countries. The ruling is expected to have significant economic and social impacts, with employers potentially losing workers and communities facing destabilization.
31-05-2025
The Supreme Court has allowed the Trump administration to end a program that protected over 500,000 Cubans, Nicaraguans, Haitians, and Venezuelans from deportation, despite a lower court ruling that blocked the decision. The program, known as CHNV, was created by the Biden administration to allow migrants to temporarily live and work in the US. The Trump administration had issued an executive order to terminate the program, and Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem announced its end in March. The Supreme Court's decision, with Justices Sonia Sotomayor and Ketanji Brown Jackson dissenting, enables the Department of Homeland Security to begin removing migrants who received humanitarian parole under the CHNV program.
31-05-2025
The Trump administration deported a 31-year-old Salvadoran man, Jordin Melgar-Salmeron, despite a federal appeals court order barring his removal. The government admitted to the deportation in a court filing, blaming "a confluence of administrative errors" for the mistake. The man's lawyer disputed this characterization, saying it appeared to be part of a larger pattern of the administration ignoring court orders. Melgar-Salmeron had been appealing his removal, fearing persecution in El Salvador, where he is now being held in a maximum-security prison. The case is one of several in which the Trump administration has been accused of deporting immigrants despite court orders to the contrary, with judges issuing new orders to bring the individuals back to the US.