The US Supreme Court allows Trump to deport half a million migrants

The US Supreme Court has made a historic decision that deprives more than half a million immigrants from Latin America of legal status. Hundreds of thousands of citizens from Venezuela, Haiti, Cuba, and Nicaragua may lose their legal right to stay in the country.

As TASS reports, the highest judicial authority in the country has officially granted the Trump administration's request to cancel the immigration program previously introduced under President Joe Biden.

Interestingly, lower courts had previously not allowed Washington to annul the legal status of 532 thousand migrants from four Latin American countries. They justified their decisions by the lack of proper consideration of each individual case by the US Department of Homeland Security. It is important to note that the new Supreme Court ruling does not affect the legal status of citizens from other countries, including those from Afghanistan and Ukraine.

The now-canceled program gave migrants from Venezuela, Haiti, Cuba, and Nicaragua the opportunity to submit entry applications to the US in advance and receive a two-year work permit. A mandatory condition was having a sponsor residing in the United States. This initiative was regularly subjected to sharp criticism from representatives of the Republican Party.