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A federal judge who recently issued a decision preventing President Donald Trump from terminating a contentious immigration program introduced under the former Biden administration is now facing intensified scrutiny. The criticism extends beyond her ruling, as attention has also turned to her long-standing political ties and reported associations with an organization linked to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).
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Records indicate that Talwani had engaged in campaign activities such as phone banking, door-knocking, and organizing during Warren’s 2012 Senate run and Obama’s 2008 presidential campaign. In addition, questions have resurfaced about Talwani’s past ties to the Chinese Progressive Association (CPA), a Boston-based group long believed to maintain ideological and operational sympathies with the CCP. The CPA’s founders were noted for their Maoist leanings, with co-founder Fay Wong having described the Chinese Communist Revolution as very inspiring.
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In 2012, just a year before her judicial nomination, Talwani had accepted the CPA’s Workers Justice Award, which she continues to include in her official biography. The judge’s 41-page opinion in defense of the CHNV program argued that allowing parole status to lapse would force migrants to “either continue following the law and leave the country” or wait for removal proceedings, potentially leading to family separation.
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U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani, nominated to the Massachusetts bench in 2013 by former President Barack Obama, issued a ruling that blocked the Biden administration’s attempt to dismantle the CHNV parole program. The initiative had granted temporary entry to over 500,000 migrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela.
Meanwhile, under Secretary Kristi Noem’s leadership, the Department of Homeland Security has taken action to reverse a number of Biden administration immigration regulations, including those that provided safeguards to Cameroonian and Afghan migrants.
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President Trump also recently praised El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele, whose approach to gang violence has involved the construction of high-security mega-prisons. One such facility, known as CECOT, currently houses thousands of MS-13 members, many of whom had previously been deported from the United States. In an interview with Fox News’ Rachel Campos-Duffy, Trump referenced the possibility of exploring similar prison systems for violent offenders within the U.S.