A coalition of 16 attorneys general in the United States has filed an amicus brief supporting the US Department of Homeland Security's Humanitarian Parole Programmes, or Parole Pathways, for vulnerable immigrants fleeing dangerous conditions in their home countries.
On January 20, US President Donald Trump issued an Executive Order directing DHS to terminate Humanitarian Parole Programmes.
As a result, New York Attorney General Letitia James, on Friday said DHS stopped processing new applications for parole pathways and stopped adjudicating current parolees' applications for other forms of temporary or permanent immigration status.
In their amicus brief, filed in Doe vs Noem, James and the coalition urged the court to grant a preliminary injunction to halt the Trump administration's actions.
The coalition argued that the actions have upended the lives of tens of thousands of legal immigrants and threaten to tear communities and families apart.
Ms James, who's a leading member of the coalition, says immigrants who have relied on the parole pathways include Haitians, Cubans, Nicaraguans, Venezuelans, Afghans and Ukrainians.
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