The Trump administration has revoked parole status for many individuals who entered the country during the Biden administration.

Posted by Bulwark Takes, Aug 29, 2026Checked Nov 2, 2026

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Bulwark TakesAug 29, 2026

The sources show the Trump administration terminated parole for very large numbers of Biden-era entrants, including about 985,000 CBP One users in April 2025 and about 532,000 CHNV parolees, and the Supreme Court let the CHNV terminations proceed.

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… Like, those are the people who are now having to work in the shadows or leave. There also, you know, as everybody knows probably, there you know, a lot of people who came to the border over the past several years during the Biden administration, as one way of doing border management, they were allowed here temporarily in a quasi-status called parole. They were allowed to work while they waited to pursue their asylum claims. You know, a lot of that has been revoked. And then there's the unofficial that I don't think is even part of that million number, which is, you know, there's several million people here who've lawfully filed for asylum protections. …

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Supports. DHS began terminating parole for about 985,000 migrants who entered through the Biden-era CBP One app and told them to self-deport, with work authorization also revoked.[5][6][7]

Supports. The Trump administration announced it would revoke parole for 532,000 people admitted under the CHNV program, and the Supreme Court allowed the revocations to proceed.[1][3][8]

Supports. A federal judge let the administration re-revoke the status of hundreds of thousands of migrants who entered under the Biden-era app after it had first been ruled unlawful, and USCIS reports terminating categorical parole programs.[2][4]

Context. A March 2026 ruling held that DHS unlawfully terminated some CBP One parole without following statutory process, and restored status for those affected. This is a legal challenge to how the revocations were carried out, not evidence that no revocations occurred.[6][9][10]

Context. The claim's wording matches the passage: parole was a quasi-status allowing work while asylum claims were pending, and the speaker said 'a lot of that has been revoked.' No figure or scope is added beyond the passage.

Sources

10 sources: 2 fact-checkers, 2 primary, 2 tier 1, 4 not rated

1Supreme Court lets Trump end legal protections for ...apnews.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports
2US judge lets Trump administration re-revoke status of migrants who used Biden-era appreuters.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports
3Chairmen Brecheen, Guest Deliver Opening Statements in Hearing ...homeland.house.gov · primary source · cited for: supports
4Under President Trump's Leadership, USCIS Takes Unprecedented 2.2 Million Enforcement Actions Protecting Americans Across the Nationuscis.gov · primary source · cited for: supports
5Legal status revoked for 985000 migrants who entered US ...thehill.com · tier 1 · cited for: supports
6Judge rules Trump unlawfully terminated legal status of ...bbc.com · tier 1 · cited for: supports, context
7Judge: Trump administration unlawfully revoked status of ...masslawyersweekly.com · not rated · cited for: supports
8US SC lets Trump revoke ‘parole’ status for migrantsthedailystar.net · not rated · cited for: supports
9Court Blocks Trump-Vance Administration’s Unlawful Mass ...mlri.org · not rated · cited for: context
10Judge rules Trump admin illegally terminated legal status of ...san.com · not rated · cited for: context

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