Trump administration unlawfully revoked status of migrants who used Biden-era app, US judge rules
Source: Reuters
March 31, 2026 12:08 PM EDT Updated 12 mins ago
BOSTON, March 31 (Reuters) - A federal judge on Tuesday ordered President Donald Trump's administration to reverse the termination of the legal status of thousands of migrants who had been allowed to temporarily live in the United States after using an appointment app utilized by Democratic President Joe Biden's administration.
U.S. District Judge Allison Burroughs in Boston ruled that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security acted unlawfully in April 2025, when it sent mass emails notifying many of the more than 900,000 people who had entered the country using the CBP One app that it was "time for you to leave the United States."
Skye Perryman, whose liberal legal group Democracy Forward pursued the legal challenge, in a statement hailed the ruling, saying the judge had rejected an effort to "erase lawful status for hundreds of thousands of people with the click of a button.". DHS did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
The ruling came in a class-action lawsuit filed in August by three people from Venezuela, Cuba and Haiti and the advocacy group Venezuelan Association of Massachusetts, who argued the Trump administration's action constituted an abrupt, unlawful move to strip immigrants of their parole status and work authorization.
Read more: https://www.reuters.com/world/trump-administration-unlawfully-terminated-status-migrants-using-biden-era-app-2026-03-31/
Link to ORDER (PDF) - https://fingfx.thomsonreuters.com/gfx/legaldocs/lgvdgodlmpo/03312026cbpone.pdfhttps://fingfx.thomsonreuters.com/gfx/legaldocs/lgvdgodlmpo/03312026cbpone.pdf
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