"A federal judge said Friday that she expects to temporarily block efforts by the Trump administration to end a program that offered temporary legal protections for more than 10,000 family members of citizens and green card holders. U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani said at a hearing that she planned to issue a temporary restraining order but did not say when it would be issued."
"The government, having invited people to apply, is now laying traps between those people and getting the green card, Justin Cox, an attorney who works with Justice Action Center and who argued the case for the plaintiffs, said. That is incredibly inequitable. This case involved a program called Family Reunification Parole, or FRP, and impacts people from Colombia, Cuba, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti and Honduras."
A federal judge expects to temporarily block termination of Family Reunification Parole (FRP), which provided temporary legal protections to more than 10,000 family members of citizens and green card holders. FRP parolees include individuals from Colombia, Cuba, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti and Honduras and were set to lose protections by Jan. 14 after the Department of Homeland Security ended the program. Parolees received employment authorization, jobs, and enrolled children in school. Lawyers seek any ruling to cover all program participants. The government contends the Homeland Security secretary has authority to end parole programs and provided notice of termination.
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