Washington, April 15 -- A federal judge in Massachusetts temporarily blocked US President Donald Trump's administration from ending a Biden-era program that permitted parole and the right to work for more than half a million immigrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela, The Hill reported.

US District Judge Indira Talwani on Monday ruled that migrants from the four nations can remain in the US and obtain authorization to legally work or apply for adjustment of status. This temporarily stops the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) from removing their status as part of the federal government's effort to close the program in 10 days.

In a 41-page ruling, Talwani wrote, "If their parole status is allowed to lapse, Plaintiffs will b...