A lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s cancellation of humanitarian parole programs for certain immigrants and refugees is expanding.
Humanitarian parole programs have been used by presidential administrations for decades to streamline temporary U.S. entry for immigrants facing war or other challenges in their home countries.
The Trump administration moved to cancel a host of Biden-era programs for Ukrainians, Afghans, Haitians, Cubans, Nicaraguans and Venezuelans. Last month, rights groups filed a lawsuit on behalf of some of those recipients and their U.S. citizen sponsors.
A new filing this week expands the case to include additional plaintiffs, including Ukrainian nationals living in the U.S., along with active-duty U.S. military personnel and veterans. The case goes to court later this month.
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Assistant Chief Patrol Agent Mike Wisniewski says this latest surge comes on the heels of a similar operation last month, which led to the arrest of dozens of undocumented immigrants. -
A kitchen manager at the center of the Zipps Sports Grill immigration raids has been sentenced to five months in federal prison for his role in hiring undocumented workers. -
Every year, Arizona State University Barrett Honors College professor Abby Wheatley brings her class on transnational migration to the Arizona borderlands. -
The U.S. Border Patrol has a new leader: Rosario Vasquez has been named chief of the agency. -
Several times over the past three weeks, Karla Toledo’s life has changed drastically. This week, another major development unfurled: An immigration judge dismissed the case against Toledo altogether.
