Court upholds Trump’s power to cancel Biden’s mass ‘parole’ for illegal immigrants
By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times - Saturday, September 13, 2025
A federal appeals court said that President Trump likely has the power to revoke Biden-era “parole” programs that had granted illegal immigrants tentative permission to be in the U.S., rejecting a lower court decision that had tried to tie his hands.
The three-judge panel of the First U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals — all of them Democratic appointees — said the law does, in fact, give Mr. Trump the power to revoke parole programs root and branch.
The judges also said Homeland Security adequately explained why it was altering course from the Biden administration to revoke the programs early.
Circuit Judge Gustavo Gelpi, writing for the court, said they were cognizant of the potential impact on half a million Venezuelan, Cuban, Nicaraguan and Haitian migrants at issue in the case, but Mr. Trump appears to be following the law in ordering them to wrap up their time here and leave.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/sep/13/court-upholds-trumps-power-cancel-bidens-mass-parole-illegal/
