Carson City, NV — Nevada Attorney General Aaron D. Ford has joined a coalition of 17 state attorneys general in an amicus brief to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit. The brief, filed in Doe v. Noem, supports the continuation of the CHNV parole program that allows over 500,000 Cuban, Haitian, Nicaraguan, and Venezuelan immigrants to maintain legal status in the United States.
“Upending the lives of 500,000 legal immigrants who have done nothing but flee crises in their home countries is not only cruel — it offers nothing beneficial to Americans,” said AG Ford. “These residents of our states are our neighbors; our coworkers; parents of our children’s schoolmates; and members of our congregations. Ripping them away from safety in our country and throwing them back to the situations they have fled will put them in grave danger; risk separating families and throw disruptions into our local economies. These immigrants came here legally, and they should be allowed to stay here legally.”
The CHNV parole program was established by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security under the Biden-Harris Administration in 2022 and 2023 for immigrants fleeing violence and harsh conditions in Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela. It allows recipients to live and work legally in the U.S. on a two-year basis for urgent humanitarian reasons.
An Executive Order from President Trump directed DHS to terminate this program shortly after he took office. A district court issued a preliminary injunction against this termination, citing unlawful revocation based on flawed reasoning that would cause irreparable harm by leaving over half a million immigrants without legal status or means to support themselves.
The Supreme Court stayed this injunction as appeals continue in the First Circuit. The coalition’s brief defends maintaining CHNV parole by highlighting potential negative impacts such as family separation, economic disruption, labor shortages worsening public safety concerns.
AG Ford joins attorneys general from Massachusetts (leading), Illinois New York California Connecticut Delaware District Columbia Hawaii Maine Maryland Minnesota New Jersey Oregon Rhode Island Vermont Washington Wisconsin supporting this effort.
