Boston, United States. The Trump administration plans to again terminate the legal status of hundreds of thousands of migrants after a judge blocked an earlier effort to revoke permissions granted under former President Joe Biden. The plan was disclosed in federal court filings in Boston.
Judge schedules hearing on DHS plans
U.S. District Judge Allison Burroughs ruled in March that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security acted unlawfully when it ended the legal status of more than 900,000 people who were allowed to live in the United States after using the Biden-era app CBP One. On Friday, Burroughs scheduled a May 6 hearing to consider barring DHS from following through on its new plans.
DHS did not respond immediately to requests for comment.
CBP One parole and initial termination notices
Under Biden, immigrants had been generally granted two-year terms of humanitarian parole after using CBP One, an app that allowed them to schedule an appointment with U.S. Customs and Border Protection to cross the U.S.-Mexico border.
After Republican President Donald Trump returned to the White House, many non-citizens who received parole through the CBP One process received an email in April 2025 from DHS saying it was terminating their parole and that it was “time for you to leave the United States.”
Court order and new termination notices
Burroughs, who was appointed by Democratic President Barack Obama, concluded last month that DHS needed to undo the parole terminations, saying DHS failed to provide a necessary record showing an official determined the purposes of parole had been served.
The U.S. Department of Justice told Burroughs this week that while the administration was complying with her order, it was also issuing new parole termination notices to those migrants pursuant to a Tuesday memo from CBP’s head, Rodney Scott. The memo is not public, but according to the Justice Department, Scott provided an explanation for why, in his opinion, “parole is no longer appropriate for those aliens.”
Migrants’ lawyers ask judge to intervene
Lawyers at Democracy Forward and the Massachusetts Law Reform Institute, representing migrants challenging DHS’ actions, urged Burroughs in a Thursday filing to intervene and prevent what they called a “deliberate attempt to evade compliance with the court’s order.”
What do you think the May 6 hearing could mean for migrants who received parole through CBP One?
