WASHINGTON, D.C. – FWD.us President Todd Schulte issued the following statement after the Supreme Court granted the Trump administration’s request to continue fast-tracking, for now, the revocation of humanitarian parole for over 500,000 people from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela (CHNV):

“This is a deeply tragic decision that penalizes half a million people for complying with our immigration laws. Without even explaining their decision, the Supreme Court has now allowed the Trump administration to preemptively strip legal status and work authorization from individuals who came to this country legally—the largest revocation of legal status in modern history. This decision will have devastating and immediate consequences, and is part of a broader attempt by the executive branch to justify further immigration enforcement crackdowns against families across the country. The government failed to show any harm remotely comparable to that which will come from a half million people losing their jobs and becoming subject to deportation.

“Even within an immigration system that is decades overdue for a Congressional overhaul, the CHNV parole processes stood out as an innovative model for creating legal and orderly pathways. Granting parole to people fleeing harm dramatically reduced unauthorized migration to the southern border, and it allowed people to work and contribute, bringing greater stability to families, employers, and communities across the country. Policymakers should take immediate steps to ensure that individuals with a temporary status can keep these protections—rather than see them preemptively revoked—while they pursue an asylum claim or an avenue to another status. If not, hundreds of thousands of people will be unable to work, and thousands of employers will lose their workforce.”