Original Date Announced

Politico reports that DHS sent email notices to up to 985,000 noncitizens who were paroled into the country after they were inspected at a port of entry during an appointment made using the CBP One mobile application.

Trump 2.0 [ID #2053]

Subsequent Trump and Court Action

2025.08.11 Complaint - Doe v. DHS

The Venezuelan Association of Massachusetts and individual plaintiffs filed a lawsuit challenging the termination of parole status for immigrants who entered the U.S. using the CBP One app. The complaint alleges that 8 U.S.C. § 1182(d)(5)(A) requires parole terminations on a "case-by-case basis," making "en masse" terminations contrary to law; that the terminations were arbitrary and capricious under the Administrative Procedure Act (APA); and that they violated DHS regulations requiring case-by-case terminations with written notice by an authorized DHS official. Doe v. DHS, No. 1:25-cv-12245 (D. Mass.).

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Subsequent Trump and Court Action

2026.03.31 Order - Doe v. DHS

District Judge Allison Burroughs granted class certification and issued a summary judgment order. The court certified a class of individuals who (i) scheduled their appointments for entry to the United States using the CBP One app; (ii) were paroled into the United States between May 15, 2023 and January 19, 2025; (iii) had their parole terminated in April 2025 pursuant to an email notice without further explanation; and (iv) remain in the United States.

The court dismissed for lack of jurisdiction plaintiffs' claims which alleged that the parole termination improperly proceeded on a categorical basis. It then entered summary judgment for plaintiffs on their claims that the parole terminations exceeded DHS's statutory authority and contradicted the agency's own regulatory procedures. The court accordingly vacated the terminations of class members' parole statuses announced by the termination emails sent in April 2025 and ordered defendants to return the class members to the parole status that they held prior to the email notice. Doe v. DHS, No. 1:25-cv-12245 (D. Mass.).

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Subsequent Trump and Court Action

2026.04.21 Defendants' Status Update - Doe v. DHS

DHS filed a status report regarding its compliance with the district court's March 31, 2026 order and related orders. DHS confirmed that it understood the court's March 31 order to reinstate the paroles of class members. DHS then informed the court that the CBP Commissioner issued a memorandum on April 21, 2026, explaining that the purpose(s) of individual paroles for noncitizens who entered on parole after making an appointment through the CBP One App have been served, and that parole is no longer appropriate for these noncitizens. DHS states that individualized notices of termination will be sent to members of the class whose paroles have not otherwise ended. Accordingly, DHS plans to update its systems of record to reflect both the revocation of the April 2025 termination notices, and the issuance of the new notices to be sent in response to the Commissioner's memorandum. Doe v. DHS, No. 1:25-cv-12245 (D. Mass.).

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