A group of American citizens and immigrants filed the lawsuit against the Trump administration for ending humanitarian parole.
Humanitarian parole is a long-standing legal tool presidents have used to allow people from countries where there’s war or political instability to enter and temporarily live in the U.S.
The amended lawsuit filed Tuesday seeks to reinstate parole programs like the Central American Minors Parole, Family Reunification Parole, Military Parole-in-Place, Uniting for Ukraine, Operation Welcome Allies, and the humanitarian parole program for Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans and Venezuelans, known as CHNV.
New plaintiffs joined the Haitian Bridge Alliance and 11 others who filed the original lawsuit at the end of February. They also filed a motion for preliminary injunction, looking for a rapid response from the judge to block the termination of parole.