The federal government’s actions to limit humanitarian parole for immigrants from Ukraine and other countries are illegal and should be halted, according to a new lawsuit.
The previous administration granted more than one million immigrants parole over four years. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in January authorized reevaluation of parole for immigrants, including removing parole protection for some. Officials later suspended requests for immigration benefits for immigrants paroled through congressionally established programs such as Uniting for Ukraine, which was created for Ukrainians displaced by the Russia-Ukraine war.
Citizens of Ukraine and other countries say those actions violate federal law, and asked a federal court in Massachusetts on Feb. 28 to quickly order officials to process applications for parole….