A federal judge ruled on Tuesday that the Trump administration unlawfully ended the legal immigration status of migrants who came to the U.S. using an app called CBP One.
CBP One let migrants in Mexico set up an interview to report to a port of entry on the southern border. Once they were vetted, they were allowed in the country while awaiting asylum hearings.
The Department of Homeland Security canceled the program in 2025, effectively revoking the legal status of those who entered the U.S. using the app.
However, U.S. District Court Judge Allison Burroughs of Boston, who was appointed by former President Barack Obama, wrote that DHS terminated impacted noncitizens’ parole “without observing the
process mandated by statute and by their own regulations.”
This action was “not in accordance with law,” Burroughs wrote, and therefore, “the Court must ‘hold [the
terminations] unlawful and set [them] aside.’”
DHS said in a statement to NPR that the ruling was an example of “blatant judicial activism” undermining the president’s authority.
