A federal judge on Friday blocked President Donald Trump’s administration from fast-tracking the deportation of potentially hundreds of thousands of immigrants who were paroled into the U.S. under former President Joe Biden’s humanitarian programs.

U.S. District Judge Jia Cobb in Washington, D.C. said it served the public interest to put on hold the Department of Homeland Security’s expedited removals for those who entered with temporary parole, rather than cause irreparable harm to immigrants by allowing them.

Cobb also quoted a recent dissenting opinion by Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor, in rejecting DHS’ assertion of a substantial interest in carrying out Trump’s policies, including the prompt removal of immigrants not entitled to stay.

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