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A federal judge in Massachusetts on Tuesday blocked a Trump administration policy that terminated temporary parole status for hundreds of thousands of migrants who were granted the benefit after they entered the United States lawfully through a Biden-era mobile app.
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The ruling called for reinstating the temporary protection migrants obtained after having entered through the CBP One app, according to the order from U.S. District Judge Allison Burroughs of the District of Massachusetts.
More than 900,000 people legally entered the U.S. through the CBP One application, which scheduled appointments for migrants at ports of entry beginning in January 2023. Many received parole that allowed them to remain in the U.S. for two years and receive work authorization.
It was not immediately clear how many migrants whose parole was terminated have already been deported.
A Department of Homeland Security spokesperson said the agency disagrees with the decision, calling it “blatant judicial activism.\u201d
\u201cUnder federal law, DHS had full authority to revoke parole. Canceling these paroles is a promise kept to the American people to secure our borders and protect our national security,\u201d DHS said in a statement.
The judge\u2019s order follows a class-action lawsuit brought last year by immigration advocacy organizations and immigrants whose parole was terminated. The lawsuit argued<\/a> that taking away the protection en masse was \u201cpatently unlawful.\u201d
The Trump administration sent an email in April 2025 to the parole recipients saying their status had been terminated and urging them to leave the U.S. \u201cimmediately.\u201d
\u201cThe parole terminations exceeded the agency\u2019s statutory authority and contradicted the procedures set forth in its own regulations,\u201d Burroughs wrote in her order.
Skye Perryman, president and CEO of Democracy Forward, said in a statement announcing the order: \u201cToday\u2019s ruling is a clear rejection of an administration that has tried to erase lawful status for hundreds of thousands of people with the click of a button.\u201d
\u201cOur clients followed the law: they waited, registered, were inspected, and were granted parole under the law. The Trump-Vance administration\u2019s effort to tear that status away overnight was unlawful and cruel \u2014 and today, the court rejected that harmful and destabilizing policy.\u201d
Democracy Forward and the Massachusetts Law Reform Institute are representing migrants from Venezuela, Cuba and Haiti who were granted parole after having entered through the CBP One app. They are also representing the Venezuelan Association of Massachusetts, an advocacy group.
Attorneys in the lawsuit said the plaintiffs began receiving mass emails beginning in April 2025 that were \u201cnot addressed to any specific recipient, was not signed by any government official, and provided no explanation for the termination.\u201d
\u201cIt is time for you to leave the United States,\u201d the email began, according to the lawsuit, saying DHS was exercising its right to terminate the recipients\u2019 parole status in seven days.
The email said that if the parole recipients did not leave the U.S. \u201cimmediately,\u201d they would be \u201csubject to potential law enforcement actions that will result in your removal from the United States \u2014 unless you have otherwise obtained a lawful basis to remain here,\u201d according to the lawsuit.
The judge\u2019s order Monday \u201cbrings long-awaited relief after months of fear and uncertainty\u201d for many Venezuelan families, Carlina Vel\u00e1squez, the president of the Venezuelan Association of Massachusetts, said in a statement. \u201cThese are individuals who followed every step required of them, trusted the system, and built their lives here only to be told they had to leave everything behind.\u201d
Shortly after he returned to office, President Donald Trump shut down the CBP One app and canceled all pending appointments.
In early March 2025, the administration announced the CBP Home<\/a> app to encourage migrants to self-deport and receive \u201ccost-free travel\u201d back to their home countries.
Daniella Silva is a national reporter for NBC News, focusing on immigration and education.
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