U.S. Supreme Court Allows End of CHNV Humanitarian Program—for Now

The U.S. Supreme Court has allowed the Trump administration to move forward with ending the CHNV humanitarian parole program, which provides temporary protection for certain people from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela. This decision comes even though a lower court is still reviewing whether the government has the legal right to end the program.

Previously, the lower court had blocked the administration from ending the program while the case was being decided. The Supreme Court has now reversed that pause. This means the government can start winding down the program before the court decides whether ending it is actually lawful.

Justices Sotomayor and Jackson disagreed with the majority, saying the administration had not explained what harm would come from leaving the program in place for now.

The CHNV program was launched in January 2023 by President Biden to offer temporary permission to live and work in the U.S. for up to two years to certain individuals from these four countries. Over 530,000 people have benefited from it.

In response to the Supreme Court’s decision, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced that it plans to move forward with ending the program and will begin the process of removing people who are currently in the U.S. under CHNV.

This is a deeply upsetting and uncertain situation—for affected individuals, their families, communities, and employers. Legal challenges to the program’s termination are still ongoing.

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