(By Virginia Allen/The Daily Signal) – The Supreme Court will allow the Trump administration to revoke temporary protected status for 500,000 illegal aliens living in the U.S.

In a 7-2 ruling on Friday, the justices lifted a lower court’s order that barred the Trump administration from deporting illegal aliens from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela who entered the U.S. under the Biden administration parole program.

DHS was contesting a ruling by Massachusetts-based US District Judge Indira Talwani – who ruled that the administration could not cancel each person’s status without an individualized determination.

The Biden-era rule known as CHNV began in 2022, when former DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas granted ‘parole’ for two years to people from the aforementioned countries in order to deal with the flood of migrants crossing illegally into the United States. The program allowed migrants who passed a security check and had a sponsor in the USA who could provide housing, to enter the country and remain.

In court papers reported by NBC News, Solicitor General D. John Sauer said that Talwani did not have authority to rule on the issue – as Noem’s authority stems from the federal Immigration and Nationality Act.

The court’s decision comes in response to Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem’s efforts to end the Biden-era parole policy that allowed migrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela to fly directly into the U.S. and be transported into the interior of the county.

BREAKING: A 7-2 Supreme Court *allows* the Trump administration to end temporary protections and work authorizations for more than 500,000 migrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela pending a court challenge. Sotomayor & Jackson dissent. #SCOTUShttps://t.co/1RnbtXeeUQ pic.twitter.com/mzEQm1Q3as

— Katie Buehler (@bykatiebuehler) May 30, 2025