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A federal judge has invalidated the Trump administration’s decision to end the immigration parole status of migrants who entered the country under the Biden-era CBP One app.
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The app was used by then-President Joe Biden’s administration beginning in 2023 to allow migrants to schedule appointments with immigration officials and stay in the U.S. for up to two years.
Under the CBP One system, more than 900,000 migrants from countries across the globe were allowed into the U.S. at official ports of entry along the southern border.
U.S. District Court Judge Allison Burroughs invalidated the Trump administration’s decision to end the immigration parole status of migrants who entered the country under the CBP Home policy.
In her ruling, U.S. District Court Judge Allison Burroughs wrote that it was “not in accordance with law,” when officials “terminated the impacted noncitizens” parole without observing the process mandated by statute and by their own regulations.
It’s unclear how many of the nearly one million migrants will be affected by Burrough’s ruling as some of them have already been deported or gained another lawful status since the Trump administration repurposed the CBP One app a year ago, allowing paroled migrants to self-deport.
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced in April 2025 that it was terminating the parole status of those processed under the CBP One program, arguing that the Biden administration did not have authority to create such a program.
DHS officials, at that time, said that the app violated U.S. immigration law by allowing hundreds of thousands of migrants to enter the country outside of the traditional legal immigration system.
The DHS’s statement following the judge’s ruling read as follows: “We disagree with this blatant judicial activism undermining the President’s Article II authority to determine who remains in this country. The Biden Administration abused the parole authority under the disastrous CBP One program to allow millions of illegal aliens into the U.S. which further fueled the worst border crisis in U.S. history.”
Although the Justice Department is likely to appeal the ruling, there is still hindrance for our government each day as officials work tirelessly for the safety of this country. We ask God to bless this nation and restore safety and peace across our borders.
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(Originally published at American Greatness. Photo Credit: Jerry Glaser)
