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(166,525 posts) Sun Jan 25, 2026, 10:48 AM 11 hrs ago

US judge blocks Trump administration's push to end legal status of 8,400 migrants

Source: Reuters

January 25, 2026 8:59 AM EST Updated 1 hour ago

BOSTON, Jan 25 (Reuters) - A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration's push to terminate the legal status of more than 8,400 family members of U.S. citizens and green card holders who moved to the United States from seven Latin American countries.

Boston-based U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani issued a preliminary injunction, opens new tab late on Saturday that prevents the Department of Homeland Security from ending the humanitarian parole granted to thousands of people from Cuba, Haiti, Colombia, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras. They had been allowed to move to the United States under family reunification parole programs that were created or modernized by Democratic President Joe Biden's administration.

Since Republican President Donald Trump succeeded Biden, his administration has ramped up immigration enforcement with $170 billion budgeted for immigration agencies through September 2029, a historic sum. Under the family reunification programs, U.S. citizens or lawful permanent residents, also known as green card holders, could apply to serve as sponsors for family members in those seven countries, letting them live in the U.S. while they waited for their immigrant visas to become available.

The Homeland Security Department said on December 12 it was ending the programs on the grounds that they were inconsistent with Trump's immigration enforcement priorities and were abused to allow "poorly vetted aliens to circumvent the traditional parole process." The termination was originally set to take effect January 14, but Talwani issued a temporary restraining order blocking it for 14 days while she considered whether to issue Saturday's longer-term injunction.

Read more: https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-judge-blocks-trump-administrations-push-end-legal-status-8400-migrants-2026-01-25/

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US judge blocks Trump administration's push to end legal status of 8,400 migrants (Original Post) BumRushDaShow 11 hrs ago OP

Thank you for all the historical background links. All your "related links" are helpful. ancianita 8 hrs ago #1

There were a number of cases filed in different jurisdictions BumRushDaShow 7 hrs ago #2

ancianita

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1. Thank you for all the historical background links. All your "related links" are helpful.

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Sun Jan 25, 2026, 01:59 PM

8 hrs ago

Based on this history, I wonder if one should consider this latest ruling as part of what's been shaping up to be a showdown between the Talwani court & court of appeals vs. the SCOTUS?
Seems like it, because IIRC, the SCOTUS seems to have a ruling pattern with Democratic vs Republican administrations. At first they rule tightly against a Biden lawful and at scale pathway for immigrants to live productive lives here. And the numbers are only in the six figures, IIRC. But when it comes to trump, it seems that they prioritize executive power over law (the immunity card they issued him) and let trump have his way in the racist excluding anyone from the Americas (aligned with his mass deportation goal).

Maybe trump and SCOTUS consider public polling irrelevant. And maybe previous immigration law

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mmigration approval declining: Trump’s approval on immigration has dropped to 44% approve / 53% disapprove (net -9), and his deportation policy is at 42% / 54% (net -12). Border security remains his only positive issue at 50% / 46% (net +4). Trump’s numbers on all three have declined since our last poll in October, 2025.

https://www.gelliottmorris.com/p/new-poll-trump-slips-on-immigration

Kinda thinkin' out loud here, because until recently Americans either believed or were told that "we" are a nation of immigrants. But not now...
as if Americans in 50 states can/should now get used to 180 degree turns in national narrative to get them ready for landmark changes in immigration law. It all seems to add up to serving a corporate America, not a constitutional America.

BumRushDaShow

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2. There were a number of cases filed in different jurisdictions

Reply to ancianita (Reply #1)

Sun Jan 25, 2026, 02:26 PM

7 hrs ago

and different lower court judges were, for the most part, pretty much agreeing (as were their Appellate courts).

For the OP, judge Indira Talwani was ruling from the First District Court in Boston.

And in an earlier suit in some of the related threads, judge Jia Cobb was ruling out of the District Court of D.C.

This is all nothing but "nativism" / "white supremacy". I.e., what was left of the scum of the scum that 45 managed to dig up from under the slime pits with an offer of balms if they voted for him. In the past, other GOP Presidents like Raygun, gave those groups lip service but then threw their demands on the back burner.... but not 45.

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