The United States Supreme Court has just handed President Donald Trump a massive win by green-lighting his plan to revoke the parole status of 500,000 foreign nationals.
On Friday, the Supreme Court stayed a lower court order that had temporarily blocked the Trump administration’s efforts to deport approximately 500,000 migrants from Cuba, Nicaragua, and Venezuela.
The move gives Trump a green light — at least for now — to proceed with one of his most aggressive immigration crackdowns as he reasserts his priorities on border enforcement in his second term in the White House.
The High Court’s brief and unsigned order pauses a ruling that had halted the termination of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for these groups.
The Biden-era program provides legal status to migrants from countries facing conflict, disaster, or other severe conditions.
By overruling the lower court’s decision, the Supreme Court allows the administration to continue rescinding protections that had been extended under previous leadership.
Many of the migrants were poured into the United States’ interior during former President Joe Biden’s final year in office.
While the majority did not explain their reasoning, Justices Sonia Sotomayor and Ketanji Brown Jackson dissented forcefully.
In a sharply worded opinion,