Trump Administration Wins Supreme Court Pause on Biden-Era Humanitarian Protections for Migrants

The Supreme Court cleared the way, at least temporarily, for the Trump administration to dismantle a Biden-era immigration policy that granted temporary humanitarian parole to nearly 500,000 migrants.

In a brief unsigned order on Friday, the Supreme Court ruled 7-2 that the administration can begin winding down protections for migrants from Haiti, Venezuela, Cuba, and Nicaragua. The ruling arrives amid an escalating legal and political battle over immigration policy and follows closely on the heels of a separate decision greenlighting the end of deportation protections for Venezuelans under Temporary Protected Status (TPS).

Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, joined by Justice Sonia Sotomayor, dissented sharply, warning of “devastating consequences” for “nearly half a million noncitizens.”

President Joe Biden’s humanitarian parole program was designed to create a legal entry path for migrants fleeing war, economic collapse, and state repression but Republican critics argued it functioned as a de facto open-border policy, circumventing Congressional authority and saddling states with financial burdens.

Solicitor General D. John Sauer defended the administration’s move in an emergency application, claiming Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem had “broad discretion” to revoke parole en masse – an assertion disputed by federal judges in Massachusetts and the First Circuit Court of Appeals.

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