A group of immigrants and US citizen sponsors won an emergency order directing the Trump administration to end a freeze on visas and other forms of long-term status for immigrants admitted through humanitarian parole programs.
Judge Indira Talwani of the US District Court for the District of Massachusetts on Wednesday also certified a nationwide class in litigation over the dismantling of humanitarian parole protecting half a million immigrants from Ukraine, Venezuela, and other countries.
President Donald Trump has targeted parole programs for termination as part of a larger effort to end lawful humanitarian programs for immigrants to travel to or ...