Judge Allison Burroughs, an Obama appointee, found that the Trump administration violated the law by sending a mass email to migrants telling them to leave the United States. The court's decision is based on the administration's failure to follow the required legal process for terminating the migrants' parole. The judge argued that the regulations do not give the agency unfettered discretion to cancel parole. Judge Burroughs wrote that by terminating the parole of the affected non-citizens without observing the process mandated by law and their own regulations, the defendants took action that was not in accordance with the law.
The Venezuelan Association of Massachusetts, one of the plaintiffs in the case, celebrated the decision, noting that it brings relief after months of uncertainty. Democracy Forward, which helped litigate the case, also celebrated the ruling. Skye Perryman, the group's president, stated that the decision is a clear rejection of an administration that tried to erase the legal status of hundreds of thousands of people with a click. It was emphasized that the clients followed the law, registered, were inspected, and were granted parole under the law.