Obama-Appointed Judge Blocks Deportations of Over 500k MigrantsOlivia Rondeau 11 Apr 2025
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In the latest act of immigration-related lawfare against the Trump administration, a federal judge blocked the deportation of hundreds of thousands of Cuban, Haitian, Nicaraguan, and Venezuelan migrants with temporary protected status (TPS) after it was revoked.
As Breitbart News reported in March, the Trump administration removed the legal status of more than 500,000 migrants who entered the U.S. through a Biden administration parole program, with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) warning impacted migrants that they will have 30 days to self-deport before law enforcement authorities go searching for them.
“DHS has determined that a 30-day wind-down period provides affected parties sufficient notice while also preserving DHS’s ability to enforce the law promptly against those CHNV parolees lacking a lawful basis to remain in the United States,” the notice reads. “Accordingly, DHS is opting not to increase the wind-down period to more than 30 days.”
Obama-appointed U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani of the District of Massachusetts ruled Thursday that she would issue a stay on the order, which was set to cancel the TPS for approximately 532,000 migrants on April 24, the Associated Press reported.
“The nub of the problem here is that the secretary, in cutting short the parole period afforded to these individuals, has to have a reasoned decision,” Talwani said, arguing that the justification for ending the parole program was “based on an incorrect reading of the law.”
“There was a deal and now that deal has been undercut,” she added later in the hearing.
While the ruling is “significant,” the AP noted that it could be just a “temporary setback” for the Trump administration as they work to undo former President Joe Biden’s open-border policies.
White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy and Homeland Security Adviser Stephen Miller blasted the judge’s decision on X:
https://twitter.com/StephenM/status/1910513548687532170more
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/04/11/obama-appointed-judge-blocks-deportations-of-over-500k-migrants/
