On September 12, the First Circuit Court of Appeals in Boston sided with the Trump administration in ruling that the administration’s termination of humanitarian parole was legal (in Svitlana Doe v. Noem). The ruling impacts about 500,000 recipients of humanitarian parole from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela, greenlighting a mass revocation of lawful status and work authorization from parole beneficiaries. Note that “humanitarian parole” is granted based on “urgent humanitarian reasons,” meaning people who came to this country fleeing violence, instability, or other life-threatening situations.

The San Diego-based Haitian Bridge Alliance (HBA) has condemned the ruling. HBA Executive Director and Founder Guerline Jozef said it has significant implications for other humanitarian parole programs at issue in the case, meaning that even more refugees might be sent back to dangerous situations.

Presidential administrations from both parties have followed parole processes in the past in an effort to promote family unification and humanitarian interests. Donate to Haitian Bridge Alliance here.

(Taken from an email sent to me by Never Again Action. Emphasis original.)