US Judge Blocks Fast-Track Deportation of Humanitarian Parole Immigrants

A federal judge has issued an order halting the expedited deportation of immigrants who entered the United States under humanitarian parole — a move that could significantly undermine former President Donald Trump’s push for aggressive removals.

U.S. District Judge Jia Kab in Washington, D.C., imposed restrictions on federal immigration officials, preventing the enforcement of two Trump-era directives intended to fast-track the deportation process. The decision follows growing controversy over recent arrests by immigration courts across the country.

Under the contested policy, even those who entered the U.S. legally through humanitarian parole could face expedited removal. Humanitarian parole allows temporary legal stay and employment for migrants based on urgent humanitarian grounds.

Judge Kab’s ruling, if upheld, would shield many of these legally admitted individuals from Trump’s deportation strategy, which was seen as a direct challenge to the immigration approach under President Joe Biden’s administration.

The Department of Justice is expected to appeal the decision. In the meantime, Trump officials are reportedly working to convince immigration judges to dismiss certain individual cases in hopes of resuming enforcement actions by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) once hearings are complete.

This ruling may reduce the scale of immigration-related arrests and marks a significant legal barrier to Trump’s immigration agenda.