{"id":199,"date":"2025-06-01T23:49:42","date_gmt":"2025-06-01T23:49:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/states-news.com\/?p=199"},"modified":"2025-06-01T23:49:42","modified_gmt":"2025-06-01T23:49:42","slug":"judge-who-blocked-trump-mass-deportations-busted-in-new-scandal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/states-news.com\/?p=199","title":{"rendered":"Judge Who Blocked Trump Mass Deportations Busted In New Scandal"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">This article was first published on April 21, 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A federal judge who recently blocked President Trump\u2019s attempt to end an immigration parole program from the Biden era is under growing scrutiny not just for her ruling but also for her political affiliations and connections to a controversial organization with alleged ties to communist China.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani, appointed by President Barack Obama to the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts in 2013, issued a decision stopping the Trump administration from terminating the CHNV program, which has granted temporary legal status to more than 500,000 migrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As conservatives voice concerns over the ruling, newly uncovered records are shedding more light on Judge Talwani\u2019s political background\u2014and drawing increased attention.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Public documents show that Talwani volunteered for at least four Democratic campaigns, including those of Deval Patrick, Barack Obama, Martha Coakley, and Elizabeth Warren. Her activities included door-to-door canvassing, phone banking, and holding campaign signs, with involvement in support of Obama\u2019s 2008 presidential bid and Warren\u2019s 2012 Senate run.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The documents were uncovered by Natalie Winters, a White House correspondent and co-host of Steve Bannon\u2019s War Room podcast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The District Judge blocking President Trump\u2019s efforts to deport 500,000+ migrants allowed in by Biden volunteered for 4 Democratic campaigns, including holding signs, knocking doors, and making phone calls for Barack Obama and Elizabeth Warren. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/42efDHRQzo\">pic.twitter.com\/42efDHRQzo<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Natalie Winters (@nataliegwinters) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nataliegwinters\/status\/1912204582283014619?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 15, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Winters noted that the CPA \u201chas deep ties to the CCP,\u201d and was founded by operatives with Maoist backgrounds. One founder, Fay Wong, even praised the Chinese Communist revolution, calling it \u201cvery inspiring.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Chinese Progressive Association gave Judge Indira Talwani its Workers Justice award in 2012.<br><br>This group has deep ties to the CCP.<br><br>This judge is now trying to stop Trump from reversing legal status for hundreds of thousands of migrants allowed in by Biden. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9L8JoE7bc8\">pic.twitter.com\/9L8JoE7bc8<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Natalie Winters (@nataliegwinters) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nataliegwinters\/status\/1912203589474509189?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 15, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The resurfacing of these political details comes alongside another source of controversy: Judge Talwani\u2019s past association with the Chinese Progressive Association (CPA), an organization with documented ties to pro-Chinese Communist Party causes. In 2012\u2014just one year before her nomination to the federal bench\u2014Talwani accepted the CPA\u2019s \u201cWorkers Justice Award,\u201d an honor she continues to list among her official credentials, Winters noted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a 41-page opinion issued earlier this month, Talwani effectively halted the Trump administration\u2019s efforts to roll back the CHNV parole program. The Biden-era initiative permits nationals from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela to remain in the U.S. for up to two years, provided they pass background checks and have U.S.-based sponsors. And while Biden was able to expand it under his authority as president, Talwani doesn\u2019t believe Trump has the same authority to reverse Biden\u2019s expansion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIf their parole status is allowed to lapse, Plaintiffs will be faced with two unfavorable options: continue following the law and leave the country on their own, or await removal proceedings,\u201d Talwani wrote. \u201cFor some Plaintiffs, leaving will also cause family separation.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Talwani\u2019s judicial record has often aligned with progressive positions, especially on labor and immigration matters. Her prior involvement in Democratic campaigns\u2014most notably her support for Elizabeth Warren and Barack Obama\u2014has intensified concerns among Trump supporters, who argue the judiciary is being used as a political tool.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, Democrats are fully committed to securing the return of Kilmar Abregos Garcia, a documented MS-13 gang member, who the administration sent back to his home country of El Salvador earlier this month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, a seasoned Democratic strategist suggests that this strategy is unlikely to win over the American electorate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During a Friday appearance on CNN\u2019s The Arena with Kasie Hunt, Mo Elleithee reminded Democrats that they \u201cdon\u2019t know all of the details about this guy,\u201d and warned against making him a \u201cmartyr.\u201d Rather, he advised party members to focus more on how President Trump is allegedly \u201cchipping away at our rights.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cLet\u2019s not make him a martyr. Let\u2019s make this about the fact that Donald Trump and his administration are chipping away at our rights on a daily basis,\u201d Elleithee said during a panel discussion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This article was first published on April 21, 2025 A federal judge who recently blocked President Trump\u2019s attempt<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":200,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-199","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/states-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/199","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/states-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/states-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/states-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/states-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=199"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/states-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/199\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":201,"href":"https:\/\/states-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/199\/revisions\/201"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/states-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/200"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/states-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=199"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/states-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=199"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/states-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=199"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}