A federal judge in Boston said Thursday she will issue an order to block a Trump administration initiative that revokes the temporary legal status of more than half a million Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans, and Venezuelans.

U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani said she will issue a stay on the Department of Homeland Security’s decision last month to end the legal status of 532,000 people from the four countries who took advantage of a humanitarian parole program expanded during the Biden administration, multiple media outlets reported.

In a Federal Register notice published last month, DHS said the temporary legal status for those from the four countries would expire April 24. The notice by DHS built on President Donald Trump’s mission to end legal pathways for those who are in the U.S. illegally.

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