Trump administration unlawfully revoked status of migrants who used Biden-era app, US judge rules
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A federal judge on Tuesday ordered President Donald Trump's administration to reverse termination of the legal status of thousands of migrants who had been allowed to temporarily live in the United States by using an appointment app utilized by Democratic President Joe Biden's administration.
U.S. District Judge Allison Burroughs in Boston ruled, opens new tab that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security acted unlawfully in April 2025, when it sent mass emails notifying many of the more than 900,000 people who had entered the country using the CBP One app that it was "time for you to leave the United States."
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