Lawsuit
Published on February 28, 2025
Humanitarian parole programs afford noncitizens the ability to seek safety in the U.S. on a temporary basis. While parole status is temporary, parolees may apply for other types of immigration status if eligible. Many have applied for asylum, temporary protected status, and other forms of status adjustment. Parolees may also apply for employment authorization.
For the last 70 years, parole programs have been a well-established fixture in U.S. immigration policies. Since President Eisenhower’s creation of a parole program for Hungarians fleeing a Soviet crackdown in 1956, every administration has used the parole authority to permit large numbers of noncitizens to come to the U.S. when other immigration pathways were unavailable, insufficiently expeditious, or otherwise inadequate.
Human Rights First and co-counsel the Justice Action Center have filed suit challenging the Trump administration’s attempts to 1) terminate, suspend, and/or curtail humanitarian parole programs en masse, 2) prematurely terminate the lawful status of those already granted parole, and 3) deny parolees the ability to access relevant benefits under humanitarian parole programs as provided for by law. They include Uniting for Ukraine, Operation Allies Welcome, parole programs for nationals of Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela (CHNV), Family Reunification Parole (FRP), and the Central American Minors Program.
Contact your members of Congress and urge them to reject measures that terrorize and harm vulnerable people seeking safety.
