The Supreme Court handed President Trump a major victory in the battle against illegal immigration, approving his administration’s emergency request to end the controversial parole program that had allowed over 530,000 illegals to enter the U.S.
The 7-2 decision enables the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to begin removing individuals who had gained temporary legal status under what critics called Biden’s open border policies.
The ruling marks a significant win for Trump’s immigration agenda, effectively allowing the administration to rescind what Assistant Homeland Security Secretary Tricia McLaughlin described as “disastrous parole programs” created by the Biden administration.
The Supreme Court’s order permits DHS to terminate the parole status for Latin American illegals from Cuba, Venezuela, Nicaragua, and Haiti.
At the same time, legal appeals continue, overriding a lower court decision that had temporarily blocked the government from implementing the revocation.
Moreover, DHS officials celebrated the ruling as a validation of their authority to correct what they viewed as deeply flawed immigration policies.
After passing security checks and securing American sponsors, the Biden-era CHNV program has allowed hundreds of thousands of individuals from those four Latin American countries to enter and remain in the United States.
The Supreme Court’s conservative majority rejected arguments from liberal Justices Ketanji Brown Jackson and Sonia Sotomayor, who dissented from the court’s decision.
The ruling effectively nullifies U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani’s previous order, which had required the government to make individualized determinations before revoking anyone’s status.
The legal dispute centered on Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem’s authority under the Immigration and Nationality Act to determine which non-citizens may be paroled into the United States.
Meanwhile, Trump administration officials argued that the Biden-era program had exceeded statutory authority and created serious national security risks.
This decision comes shortly after another Supreme Court ruling that allowed the Trump administration to revoke temporary protected status for nearly 350,000 Venezuelans.
These rulings demonstrate the Court’s willingness to defer to the executive branch on immigration enforcement matters, reinforcing President Trump’s campaign promises to secure the border and enforce existing immigration laws.
“Ending the CHNV parole programs, as well as the paroles of those who exploited it, will be a necessary return to common-sense policies, a return to public safety, and a return to America First,” a Statement Attributable to Assistant Secretary McLaughlin read.
While immigration advocates decried the decision as potentially creating chaos for hundreds of thousands of people who had begun building lives in American communities, supporters of stricter immigration policies praised the ruling as restoring proper constitutional order.
The decision ensures that the executive branch retains authority to implement immigration policies that prioritize American citizens and lawful immigrants over those who entered through what many conservatives consider legally questionable pathways.
The Supreme Court’s order, issued without detailed explanation as is common in emergency docket cases, represents one of the most consequential immigration rulings in recent history.
It signals a fundamental shift away from the previous administration’s permissive policies toward Trump’s promised enforcement of national sovereignty and border security.
