May 30, Kathmandu- The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that the Trump administration can temporarily revoke the legal status of over 500,000 migrants currently residing in the United States under the CHNV humanitarian parole program. This decision overturns a lower court's order that had blocked the administration from ending the program, which was originally established by President Joe Biden to offer temporary protection to migrants fleeing economic and political crises in countries such as Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela. The ruling, which affects approximately 530,000 individuals, sparked strong dissent from Justices Ketanji Brown Jackson and Sonia Sotomayor, with Justice Jackson warning that the decision could lead to lives unraveling before migrants’ legal claims are properly heard. The parole program, which grants two-year temporary work and residency rights for urgent humanitarian reasons, has long been a tool for aiding individuals fleeing dire conditions, similar to programs used in past decades for Cubans and more recently for Ukrainians under the Biden administration. Trump had moved to dismantle such programs upon taking office, and in March, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem announced the formal end of CHNV. The Supreme Court’s decision follows another recent ruling allowing the Trump administration to revoke Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for around 350,000 Venezuelan migrants. Migrant rights groups have criticized the ruling, warning that deporting individuals under the program could expose them to persecution, violence, or death, while White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller praised the ruling as a chance to deport what he called “500,000 invaders,” calling it a just intervention by the court.