Judge Orders Trump Administration to Restore Migrants’ Legal Status
A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to restore legal protections for migrants who entered the United States through the Biden-era CBP One border system.
US District Judge Allison Burroughs ruled that the Department of Homeland Security acted unlawfully when it tried to strip legal status from many migrants who had entered the country through the CBP One app. Reuters reported that the administration had sent mass notices telling many parolees it was “time” to leave the United States, despite earlier legal entry under a humanitarian process.
The ruling could affect potentially hundreds of thousands of migrants who used the app to schedule appointments at official border crossings under former President Joe Biden’s immigration policy. Those migrants were often granted temporary humanitarian parole and work authorization while their immigration cases were reviewed.
The Trump administration had moved quickly after returning to office to shut down that pathway, as part of its broader immigration crackdown and mass deportation agenda. It later repurposed the CBP One system to support self-deportation and began notifying many parole recipients that their permission to remain in the country had been terminated.
Judge Burroughs said the government failed to follow its own legal procedures before ending those protections. According to Reuters, she found that officials did not properly determine whether the original purpose of parole had been fulfilled, meaning the cancellations exceeded the agency’s legal authority.
The decision marks a significant legal setback for Trump’s immigration agenda and offers temporary relief to many migrants who had suddenly faced the loss of work permits and possible deportation. Rights advocates welcomed the ruling, while the Department of Homeland Security criticized it as judicial interference.
The CBP One app was introduced during the Biden administration as part of an effort to manage growing pressure at the US-Mexico border. It allowed asylum seekers and other migrants to book appointments at ports of entry rather than crossing irregularly, and it became one of the administration’s most visible migration management tools.
More than 900,000 migrants are believed to have entered the United States through the CBP One process. The policy was praised by some for creating a more orderly entry system, but heavily criticized by Republicans who argued it encouraged migration and stretched humanitarian parole beyond its intended legal use.
The Trump administration is expected to appeal the ruling, meaning the legal battle over the future of CBP One migrants is far from over. But for now, the decision gives thousands of affected immigrants a crucial reprieve and reopens a major fight over the limits of presidential power on immigratio
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