Judge Indira Talwani Freezes Trump Plan To Revoke Legal Status Of 10,000 Immigrants

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India-West News Desk

BOSTON, MA – U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani has temporarily blocked the Trump administration from ending the legal status of more than 10,000 immigrants, ruling that the government failed to properly notify those affected before moving to revoke their authorization to stay in the country.

Immigrant rights groups had warned that between 10,000 and 12,000 people could lose legal status this week if the court did not intervene.

In a order issued January 10, Talwani granted a temporary restraining order that keeps the “family reunification parole” program in place for immigrants whose status was set to expire on January 14. Her ruling does not decide the legality of the program itself. Instead, it focuses narrowly on whether the administration followed basic notice requirements before attempting to terminate it.

Talwani found that immigration officials did not provide direct notice to parole holders, as required by law. The administration argued that publishing the decision to end the program in the Federal Register on December 15 was sufficient. Talwani rejected that argument, ruling that a general public notice in a government database does not meet the requirement for individualized notification to people facing the loss of legal status.

Talwani ruled that allowing the parole expirations to proceed would risk stripping people of lawful status without adequate warning or due process. The temporary restraining order pauses the termination while the court considers the case further.