USCIS Opens Fee-Free Reopening Process: CBP One Parolees Whose Parole Was Terminated May Seek Reopening of Adverse Decisions
WASHINGTON — U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) updated its litigation-related guidance on October 26: members of the Sileiri Doe class action who believe an adverse decision on an immigration benefit request was connected to the April 2025 parole terminations may ask USCIS to reopen or reconsider that decision, and, according to the USCIS litigation update, class members may make the request without a fee.
The process implements a federal court order. On September 28, 2026, the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts, in Sileiri Doe v. Department of Homeland Security, No. 1:25-cv-12245-ADB, ordered DHS to remediate certain “adverse consequences” of the April 2025 parole termination emails DHS sent to people who had been paroled into the United States after scheduling an appointment through the CBP One mobile app. In April 2025, DHS terminated the parole of that group by email, in messages stating “It is time for you to leave the United States” or similar language.
Under the USCIS definition, class members must meet all four conditions: they scheduled their appointment for entry using the CBP One app; they were paroled into the United States between May 16, 2023, and January 19, 2025; their parole was terminated in April 2025 pursuant to an email from U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP); and they remain in the United States.
USCIS defines an “adverse consequence” to include being placed in immigration detention; receiving an adverse decision on an immigration benefit request — including adjustment of status, but excluding employment authorization based on parole — such as a denial, dismissal, deemed abandonment, administrative closure, rejection, or referral to the Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR); or missing an appointment, interview, or check-in with a DHS component.
For asylum applications, the USCIS Form I-589 page sets out the procedure: class members may request reopening of an adverse decision or action if USCIS issued the original decision or action between April 1, 2025, and April 21, 2026. The written request must be mailed to the asylum office with jurisdiction over the requester's current residence, explaining how the April 2025 parole termination affected eligibility for asylum and why USCIS should reopen or reconsider. USCIS will review requests case by case and may approve only if the requester demonstrates eligibility for asylum without consideration of the April 2025 parole termination. USCIS says there is no deadline for class members to file such a request under the court order.
USCIS also notes that class members currently in removal proceedings before an immigration judge must first have those proceedings terminated or dismissed so that USCIS has jurisdiction, unless they are unaccompanied alien children; if USCIS no longer has jurisdiction over the case, it will reject or deny the request.
Source: GSM · USA (original Chinese edition)
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