Trump is making life hell for immigrants in California--and everywhere else
While all eyes are on Los Angeles, President Donald Trump is still methodically attacking immigrants all across the country, in every way. These attacks are currently less visible, but they are no less awful.
On Thursday, CNN broke the news that the Trump administration will end the Biden-era parole program that allowed nearly 500,000 immigrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela to remain in the country legally. The administration will also cancel all work permits.
None of these people entered the country illegally. They underwent an extensive review by the government, needed an American sponsor, and underwent security checks. None of that matters to the Trump administration, of course. Indeed, it’s an easy way to keep hitting those deportation numbers, because now all of these people need to get out of the country as quickly as they can or face dystopian and violent removal.
As with so many things, the conservative majority on the Supreme Court gave Trump a permission slip to do this. Last month, they ruled that while the case over whether Trump could strip 350,000 Venezuelans of Temporary Protected Status proceeds through the courts, Trump could start deporting people anyway. This isn’t the same program that Trump is in the process of terminating, so in theory, the Supreme Court’s willingness to look the other way on the TPS program doesn’t mean they would feel similarly about ending the parole program. But the nation’s highest court keeps coming through, so why not take a shot.
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