Subsequent Trump and Court Action(s)

• January 24, 2025

  2025.01.24 Report: Trump Officials Pause Programs to Let In Immigrants, Including Ukrainians - NYT

  Reported: USCIS has reportedly paused multiple parole programs that facilitated the temporary arrival of migrants into the United States. Stop all "final decisions" on applications for these programs affect immigrants from countries including Ukraine, Cuba, Haiti, Venezuela, and Nicaragua, while the administration reviews the programs and decides whether to terminate them. The affected policies include Uniting for Ukraine; Cuban, Haitian, Nicaraguan, and Venezuelan (CHNV) Parole Processes; Family Reunification Parole Programs; and Central American Minors (CAM) Parole.

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• January 28, 2025

  2025.01.28 USCIS Update on Form I-134A

  USCIS announced it is "pausing acceptance of Form I-134A, Online Request to be a Supporter and Declaration of Financial Support, until [it] can review all categorical parole processes" as required by § 7(b) of EO,"Securing Our Borders."

  During the Biden administration, financial sponsors of Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans, Ukrainians, and Venezuelans applying to enter the U.S. under the CHNV and Uniting for Ukraine (U4U) parole processes completed Form I-134A to demonstrate their ability to financially provide for parolees.

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• February 14, 2025

  CBS: USCIS directive pauses immigration applications for certain migrants welcomed under Biden

  CBS reported that on February 14, 2025, an internal USCIS memo by senior official Andrew Davidson ordered an agency-wide "administrative pause" on all "pending benefit requests"--including TPS, asylum, and adjustment of status--by migrants allowed into the US under three Biden-era parole programs: Uniting for Ukraine, CHNV, and Family Reunification Parole Programs for nationals of Colombia, Ecuador, Central America, Haiti, and Cuba. The Trump administration had previously halted new entries under these Biden-era parole policies.

  This USCIS memo justified the pause because "[c]urrently, fraud information and public safety or national security concerns are not being properly flagged in USCIS' adjudicative systems." The pause could potentially be lifted after completing a "comprehensive review and evaluation of the in-country populations of aliens who were or are paroled into the United States under these categorical programs."

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• February 28, 2025

  2025.02.28 Complaint - Svitlana Doe v. Noem

  Justice Action Center and Human Rights First filed suit on behalf of U.S. sponsors, beneficiaries, and an organization to challenge the Trump administration’s attempt to end various humanitarian parole programs, including CHNV, Operation Allies Welcome, and Uniting for Ukraine. The lawsuit also challenges USCIS's decision to pause processing of pending applications related to parole as well as any benefits requests by parolees, such as asylum and TPS. Svitlana Doe v. Noem, No. 1:25-cv-10495 (D. Mass.).

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