The CHNV program, which provided “humanitarian parole” to up to 530,000 citizens of Cuba, Haitian, Nicaraguan, and Venezuelan citizens living illegally in the United States, was terminated by President Trump early in his second term. Immediately, in response to lawsuits issued by Soros-funded NGOs, U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani in Boston suspended the order. Eventually the case arrived at the Supreme Court, which, today, by a vote of 7-2, lifted that suspension, allowing the removals to resume. Writing a dissenting opinion was Justice Kentanji Brown Jackson, which was joined by Justice Sonia Sotomayor.
The majority opinion issued by the justices reads in part:
The April 15, 2025 order entered by the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts, case No. 1:25–cv–10495, is stayed pending the disposition of the appeal in the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit and disposition of a petition for a writ of certiorari, if such a writ is timely sought. Should certiorari be denied, this stay shall terminate automatically. In the event certiorari is granted, the stay shall terminate upon the sending down of the judgment of this Court.
The case is not yet settled, however, as the Court’s decision allows it to continue up through the appellate courts. Nevertheless, as the New York Post describes it, the SCOTUS ruling is a “major victory” for Trump in his efforts to undo the horrendus damage the Biden administration did during its four years.
For more, see the NY Post.