The U.S. Supreme Court on May 30, 2025 issued a ruling permitting the Trump administration to terminate the CHNV humanitarian parole program, which had granted temporary legal status to over 530,000 migrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela. The decision overturned a previous district court injunction that had blocked the administration’s efforts to end the program without individualized reviews.

Initiated in 2022 under President Biden, the CHNV program allowed vetted migrants from the specified countries to enter the U.S. legally, provided they had domestic sponsors. Participants were granted temporary legal status for a period of two years and could apply for work authorization. The program aimed to provide a lawful pathway for migrants fleeing political instability and economic hardship.

The Supreme Court’s order, issued without a written opinion, lifted the injunction imposed by U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani, which had required the Department of Homeland Security to conduct case-by-case reviews before terminating parole status.

The administration, which casts the program as a national security threat and rife with fraud, can now proceed with plans to revoke the legal status of CHNV program participants, placing them at risk of deportation. The underlying legal challenge to the termination of the CHNV program will continue in the First Circuit Court of Appeals.

LeadingAge in an April 30, 2025 letter to the Department of Homeland Security urged the Trump administration to reverse course. “Your agency’s decisions … have created immediate uncertainty and concern for employers and workers alike,” association president and CEO Katie Smith Sloan said to Secretary Kristi Noem. Referencing the agency’s termination of categorical parole programs for Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans and Venezuelans (CHNV), as well as its partial removal of the 2024 Haiti Temporary Protected Status (TPS) extension, and full termination of Venezuela’s 2023 TPS designation, she explained the dire workforce situation in aging services. Leaders navigate significant staffing challenges every day–at a time when demand for care and services is growing.