The US Supreme Court has handed down a major ruling allowing the Trump administration to end the temporary legal status of millions of immigrants living in the US. These immigrants are from countries such as Venezuela, Cuba, Haiti and Nicaragua. The decision could speed up the deportation process and reinforce Trump’s tough immigration policy. This decision has been taken after the Biden government launched a parole program for people from these countries in view of the increasing infiltration from across the border in the year 2022-23. Under this, permission was given to work and live in the US for two years by fulfilling certain conditions. About 5.3 lakh people got relief from deportation through this program. Earlier, a federal court had stayed this decision, but now the Supreme Court has lifted that stay.
But Donald Trump ordered the program to end early in his second term. He ordered Homeland Security Secretary Christie Noam to end the payroll program. Then, in March, Noam announced that the program would be completely shut down on April 24.
