Thread: Obama Judge Orders Trump to Restore Legal Status of Hundreds of Thousands of Migrants

Obama Judge Orders Trump to Restore Legal Status of Hundreds of Thousands of Migrants Who Entered US Through Biden-Era Cellphone App

by Cristina Laila Mar. 31, 2026 7:40 pm



A federal judge on Tuesday ordered the Trump Administration to restore the legal status of hundreds of thousands of migrants who entered the US on a Biden-era cellphone app.

More than 900,000 migrants entered the US on Biden’s CPB One app.

The app allowed the illegals to schedule appointments at a port of entry to make asylum claims.

Last April, the Trump Administration sent notices to the migrants and informed them that their parole status had been terminated.

“If you do not depart the United States immediately you will be subject to potential law enforcement actions that will result in your removal from the United States — unless you have otherwise obtained a lawful basis to remain here,” the message sent by the Department of Homeland Security and obtained by CBS News read.

The Trump Administration instructed the migrants to use the same Biden-era app to self-deport.

“Again, DHS is terminating your parole. Do not attempt to remain in the United States — the federal government will find you,” the notice said.

“Please depart the United States immediately.”

On Tuesday, US District Judge Allison Burroughs, an Obama appointee, said the DHS unlawfully notified the migrants of their terminated status.

ABC News reported:

The Trump administration must restore the legal status of potentially hundreds of thousands of immigrants who came to the United States legally through a Biden-era pathway, a federal judge ruled Tuesday.

U.S. District Judge Allison Burroughs said the Department of Homeland Security acted unlawfully last year when it sent a notice telling many of the over 900,000 immigrants who used the CBP One app: “It is time for you to leave the United States.”

During the Biden administration, nearly over 900,000 immigrants used the app to make appointments with immigration officials at ports of entry in hope of later applying for humanitarian parole or other forms of immigration relief that would allow them to enter the country.

Those who were granted parole were allowed to temporarily receive work authorization while their cases were adjudicated.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/03/obama-judge-orders-trump-restore-legal-status-hundreds/

Who Are We To Blame For Hundreds Of Thousands Of Migrants Who Now Might Get To Stay?

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Natalie Sandoval Patriots Writer
April 01, 2026 1:00 PM ET

Over 900,000 migrants may have been paroled into the United States between May 16, 2023 and January 19, 2025, thanks to former President Joe Biden’s CBP One app. The Trump administration told those migrants to hit the road in April 2025.

In an act of stunning overreach, a district court judge ordered the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on Tuesday to restore the parole status of those potentially hundreds of thousands of migrants.

In her ruling, U.S. District Judge Allison Burroughs certified the following class: “All 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 16, 2023 and January 19, 2025; (iii) had their parole terminated in April 2025 pursuant to an email substantially similar to the one reproduced at paragraph 38 of the Complaint without any further explanation; and (iv) remain in the United States.”

That termination email reads, in part: “It is time for you to leave the United States. You are currently here because the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) paroled you into the United [States] for a limited parole period … DHS is now exercising its discretion to terminate your parole. Unless it expires sooner, your parole will terminate 7 days from the date of this notice … Again, DHS is terminating your parole. Do not attempt to remain in the United States—the federal government will find you. Please depart the United States immediately.”

Burroughs’ ruling opens the door for class action lawsuits from migrants who belong to the described group.

“The terminations of class members’ parole statuses announced by the April 2025 Termination Email are VACATED … Defendants are ordered to return class members to the parole status that they held prior to the April 2025 Termination Email,” Burroughs declares.

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BREAKING: In a psychotic decision, Leftist Judge Allison Burroughs just ruled President Trump must RESTORE 900,000 MIGRANTS' legal status who were told to leave through the CBP Home App

This is a traitor to this nation, facilitating invasion. Impeach and APPEAL.

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8:09 PM · Mar 31, 2026

Burroughs acknowledges that the DHS secretary does not have to proceed on a case-by-case basis in terminating parole status. The secretary has “unreviewable discretion” in determining whether, “on a categorical basis … the purposes of parole have been served—thus terminating parole.”

But, Burroughs says, DHS lacked evidence demonstrating that the secretary had indeed made the determination that the parole’s purposes had been served before terminating that parole. In other words: Burroughs argues that termination of parole is not evidence that the secretary believed the parole’s purposes had been served.

Burroughs, citing the First Circuit, writes that parole may be terminated “upon accomplishment of the purpose for which parole was authorized or when in the opinion of [an authorized official], neither humanitarian reasons nor public benefit warrants the continued presence of the alien in the United States.”

So then, what was the purpose of the parole?

The de jure purpose was to process asylum claims. The de facto purpose was to import unvetted migrants into the United States. The Biden administration successfully accomplished this end.

“[T]he regulations require parole terminations to be supported by some record of a decision by an authorized official that the purposes of parole have been served,” claims Burroughs.

You can flood the country with nearly one million aliens, but to remove them, you need a record of that decision that satisfies a district judge. It seems abundantly clear that former DHS Secretary Kristi Noem believed the public benefit was not served by the continued presence of the 900,000 or so parolees. But because, in the court’s view, Noem failed to explicitly spell that out, DHS’ actions were unlawful.

Burroughs’ ruling is a formal declaration of double standards.

It is perfectly legal for a Democratic administration to ship millions of aliens into the United States. It is not legal for a Republican administration to deport those people.

Who do we have to blame for this state of affairs?

In the first place, Burroughs. Like other district judges, Burroughs appears intent on legislating from the bench. We might also blame the Biden administration for flooding the United States with aliens. We could blame former President Barack Obama, who nominated Burroughs to the bench in 2014.

Moreover, why do district court judges wield such tremendous power in the first place?

We might credit 20th century “progressives” for building an administrative state which empowers judges to transcend their traditional duties. This bureaucratic development is responsible for many of the evils imposed on American citizens over the past century.

https://dailycaller.com/2026/04/01/d...tion-migrants/