1 million people to be deported by the Trump administration soon - these 4 countries to bear the brunt

Time of India

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1 million people to be deported by the Trump administration soon – these 4 countries to bear the brunt-
In a dramatic move likely to impact nearly 1 million migrants, the Supreme Court has cleared the way for the Trump administration to begin mass deportations. The court's decision affects immigrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela, who were previously granted temporary protection under a humanitarian parole program launched by former President Joe Biden.
The ruling opens the door for what could be the largest deportation wave in recent U.S. history, targeting hundreds of thousands of people who fled violence, poverty, and instability in their home countries. Here's a full breakdown of what this means and who's most affected.
What did the supreme court decide and how many immigrants will it affect?
The Supreme Court's decision on Friday lifted a previous court order that had protected more than 500,000 immigrants from deportation. These individuals, primarily from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela, were allowed to stay in the U.S. under the humanitarian parole program, a policy President Biden expanded in late 2022.
In a separate case, the court also allowed the Trump administration to revoke temporary legal status from about 350,000 Venezuelans. Together, that brings the number of people at risk to nearly 1 million immigrants.
Although the court hasn't issued a final ruling, the justices allowed the deportation process to begin while the case continues in the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Boston.
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Which countries will be hit hardest by these deportations?
The four countries that will bear the brunt of the deportation wave are:
Venezuela
Haiti
Cuba
Nicaragua
Migrants from these countries were the main beneficiaries of Biden's parole program. To qualify, they had to fly to the U.S. at their own cost and secure financial sponsors. They were granted a two-year legal stay under this program.
According to government data, more than 532,000 people came to the U.S. under these rules since late 2022. The Trump administration is now moving to cancel these permits before they expire, making this the first mass revocation of humanitarian parole in U.S. history.
How did this case reach the supreme court?
The decision followed an emergency appeal by the Trump administration after a federal judge in Boston, Indira Talwani, ruled against them. Talwani, an Obama appointee, said ending the program early would leave people with a 'stark choice: flee the country or risk losing everything.'
She said parole could be revoked, but only case by case — not in bulk. But the Supreme Court overruled her order temporarily, siding with the Trump team's push for faster deportations.
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, joined by Justice Sonia Sotomayor, dissented. Jackson wrote that this move will 'unravel the lives of half a million migrants' before the legal questions are fully resolved.
What is the Trump administration's argument for mass deportation?
The Trump team says humanitarian parole is temporary by design, and the law gives the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) the power to end it — with or without court approval.
Solicitor General D. John Sauer, representing the administration, argued that revoking parole one person at a time would be a 'gargantuan task' and would delay removals. He also said the Biden administration abused the parole system by granting it en masse rather than assessing cases individually.
The Department of Justice claims the parole program doesn't legally require individual termination, even if the beneficiaries met financial and travel requirements.
Why is this considered the largest mass immigration rollback in decades?
Lawyers for the affected migrants have called this 'the largest mass illegalization event in modern American history.' They argue that the Trump administration's actions amount to a blanket criminalization of lawful immigrants, many of whom have built lives in the U.S. legally over the past two years.
This case is one of several emergency immigration appeals the Trump team has brought to the Supreme Court. In earlier cases, the justices had ruled against Trump, such as when the administration tried to deport Venezuelans accused of gang involvement under the Alien Enemies Act, a rarely-used wartime law from the 1700s.
What happens next in the immigration case?
The legal fight isn't over. The case now returns to the 1st Circuit Court of Appeals in Boston, which will review the full arguments. However, because the Supreme Court lifted the protections for now, migrants could start receiving deportation notices soon, even as the case moves forward.
Until a final decision is made, hundreds of thousands of immigrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela will be left in limbo — unsure whether they'll be able to stay or be forced to leave the U.S. abruptly.
FAQs:
Q1: What is the Trump administration deportation plan about?
It's a plan to deport nearly 1 million migrants by ending Biden's parole protections.
Q2: Which countries are affected by the mass deportation order?
Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela will be hit the hardest by this ruling.