The Trump administration on Thursday (08) asked the U.S. Supreme Court for authorization to revoke the temporary legal status granted to more than half a million immigrants under the Biden administration.

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is seeking to end the program that allowed 532,000 citizens of Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela to live and work legally in the country for up to two years. The measure faces judicial resistance: Federal Judge Indira Talwani, from Massachusetts, ruled that the government cannot annul the status of each immigrant without an individualized review. In response, Attorney General John Sauer criticized the decision, arguing that it overturns one of the Trump administration's most significant immigration policies. Sauer argued that neither Talwani nor other federal judges would have jurisdiction to rule on the matter, claiming that, under the Immigration and Nationality Act, Secretary Noem has broad discretion to define such issues and that the legislation prevents judicial review of these decisions, according to a report by NBC News.

The case adds to other immigration disputes brought by the Trump administration to the Supreme Court, after contrary decisions in lower courts. At the same time, a similar case, involving the attempt to revoke the temporary protected status of another group of Venezuelans, is also awaiting trial in the country's highest court.