UCLA LAW’S IMMIGRATION CENTER SCORES A BIG WIN IN FEDERAL COURT FOR HUMANITARIAN PAROLE
On March 8, a judge in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas let the CHNV program continue because Texas and other states that had sued to end the plan do not have standing. Last year, seven people – including a schoolteacher, a doctor and a retiree – joined the United States as defendants in the case, Texas v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security, to preserve the CHNV program, which allows humanitarian parole to thousands of immigrants. They were represented by CILP, the Justice Action Center and RAICES.
Monika Langarica, who is a CILP senior staff attorney, defended the program in court and co-wrote a letter to the editor of The New York Times at the start of the trial, in August 2023, which set forth the issues at stake: “Our clients span the political spectrum; they are Black, white and Latino, with diverse reasons for sponsoring their global neighbors. They are united by one thing: They recognize that communities have as much — or more — to gain by welcoming newcomers as the newcomers themselves.”
