A federal judge who recently blocked President Trump’s attempt to end an immigration parole program from the Biden era is drawing fresh scrutiny, not only for her ruling but also for her political background and ties to a controversial group linked to communist China.
Judge Indira Talwani, appointed to the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts by President Barack Obama in 2013, issued the decision halting the Trump administration’s move to terminate the CHNV program, which has provided temporary legal status to more than 500,000 migrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela. READ MORE