“In sum, we hold that the Plaintiffs have not made a strong showing that they are likely to succeed in showing that the Secretary’s decision to terminate the CHNV parole programs exceeded her discretion as authorized by the INA,” the judges added.

This is yet another higher court ruling overturning a lower court judge’s decision.

In May, the U.S. Supreme Court even ruled that the administration had a legal right to end the CHNV program and allowed Trump’s officials to begin shutting the program down even as the appeal was ongoing.

SCOTUS, in a 7-2 decision with Justices Ketanji Brown Jackson and Sonia Sotomayor dissenting, ruled that Trump can end the parole pipeline while the case is pending appeal: