In a major win for President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown, the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday gave his administration the green light to terminate a controversial Biden-era program that handed out temporary legal status to over half a million migrants from Venezuela, Cuba, Haiti, and Nicaragua.

The court’s unsigned order stays a lower court ruling from Obama-appointed Judge Indira Talwani, who had tried to block Trump’s efforts to roll back so-called “humanitarian parole.” The move now paves the way for many of these migrants to be placed in expedited removal—just as Trump promised during his campaign.

The ruling was met with predictable opposition from the left. Liberal Justices Sonia Sotomayor and Ketanji Brown Jackson dissented, while the rest of the court allowed the administration to move forward. As is typical with emergency rulings, no justification was offered—just a swift decision that speaks volumes.

Parole—intended by law to be used sparingly for “urgent humanitarian reasons”—was massively expanded by Biden to let migrants in through the back door of the immigration system. His administration handed out two-year passes to over 532,000 individuals, many of whom arrived from failed socialist regimes in Latin America. That number includes:

• 350,000+ Venezuelans (many granted parole under Biden in 2022)
• Tens of thousands more from Cuba, Haiti, and Nicaragua (added in 2023)

Under Trump’s directive signed on January 20, DHS moved to shut the program down, arguing that blanket parole awards violate the spirit and letter of immigration law and make it harder to enforce deportation policies.

Biden’s Department of Homeland Security tried to stop the reversal through the courts, but Friday’s decision restores the president’s authority to act on immigration—an area clearly entrusted to the executive branch.

In its request to the Supreme Court, the Trump Justice Department slammed the lower court ruling for “undoing democratically approved policies that featured heavily in the November election.” That’s a pointed reminder that Americans voted overwhelmingly for Trump’s agenda, including a strong border and an end to loopholes that incentivize illegal immigration.

The 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals had declined to stay Judge Talwani’s ruling, prompting the administration to go to the Supreme Court. Trump’s team has filed numerous urgent appeals in recent months as activist judges continue to stand in the way of key policies, especially those related to border enforcement.

The immigration ruling comes on the heels of another major Supreme Court decision Thursday, when justices narrowed the scope of environmental reviews for infrastructure projects. The ruling weakens the National Environmental Policy Act—a favorite weapon of environmentalists—making it easier to build roads, pipelines, and airports without years of bureaucratic red tape.

The decision follows a string of pro-growth rulings from the constitutionalist majority on the Court, which has chipped away at radical environmental overreach, including attacks on wetlands protections and cross-state air pollution regulations.

With June approaching, the Supreme Court is preparing to issue a wave of landmark decisions that could reshape the legal landscape on immigration, executive authority, and the environment. The Trump administration is poised to take bold steps in enforcing its priorities as it continues to undo Biden’s failed policies.

The border is finally being taken seriously again—and the Supreme Court just gave President Trump a major tool to fix it.