Supreme Court allows Trump to revoke legal status for 500,000 migrants
Summary
The US Supreme Court has allowed the Trump administration to end the legal status of over 500,000 migrants under a programme that let them live temporarily in the US. This decision could lead to the deportation of migrants from countries like Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela who were previously protected under the programme.Key Facts
- The Trump administration can revoke the temporary legal status of around 530,000 migrants.
- The affected migrants are from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela.
- A programme called "parole" allowed these migrants to work and live in the US for two years for urgent humanitarian reasons.
- The Supreme Court decision overturned a federal judge's order that stopped the Trump administration from ending the parole programme.
- Justices Ketanji Brown Jackson and Sonia Sotomayor disagreed with the decision.
- The Trump administration had previously attempted to end the programme, which was also known as CHNV humanitarian parole.
- Several migrant rights groups sued the administration, fearing danger if migrants are sent back to their home countries.
- The ruling follows another Supreme Court decision that allowed ending Temporary Protected Status for 350,000 Venezuelans.
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