Accurate as of November 3, 2026
In April 2025, thousands of people who had entered the United States with a CBP One appointment received an email telling them, in substance, "It is time for you to leave the United States." Their parole was treated as over. For many, USCIS then denied pending applications on the ground that they no longer had parole.
That email is now the subject of a class action in the federal court in Boston, Sileiri Doe v. Department of Homeland Security, No. 1:25-cv-12245 (D. Mass.). On October 26, 2026, USCIS announced that, under a September 28, 2026 order in that case, class members may ask USCIS to reopen or reconsider certain adverse decisions without paying a filing fee.
Who is in the class
According to USCIS, you are a class member if you:
- scheduled your entry appointment through the CBP One app;
- were paroled into the United States between May 16, 2023 and January 19, 2025;
- had your parole terminated in April 2025 by an email stating "It is time for you to leave the United States," or similar language; and
- are still in the United States.
What USCIS will reconsider
A class member may ask USCIS to reopen or reconsider an adverse decision or action on an immigration benefit request if the decision was a result of the April 2025 parole termination, and the decision was issued between April 1, 2025 and April 21, 2026.
Two limits matter:
- Parole based work permits are excluded. A denied employment authorization request based on parole is not covered.
- Nothing reopens automatically. Each person must file a request and show that the denial was caused by the termination.
USCIS has said there is no filing fee and no deadline for these requests.
How the case got here
The court vacated the April 2025 terminations on March 31, 2026, which restored parole on paper but left in place the denials that had already issued. In July the court found the government had not complied, and on September 28 it entered the order that produced this fee-free process. The fee waiver is a remedy for the government's noncompliance, which is why it is unusually generous.
Why "no deadline" is not a reason to wait
- Status and work. A reopened and approved application, for example an adjustment of status, may be the only path to lawful status and a work permit. Every month of delay is a month without them.
- Enforcement. People whose parole was treated as terminated may be in removal proceedings or may be detained. A pending, credible request to reopen is evidence of a good faith effort to regularize status.
- The order can change. The government can appeal or seek to narrow relief. Requests filed while the order is in force are on the firmest ground.
What to do now
- Find the April 2025 email and save it, along with your CBP One appointment confirmation and your I-94 showing the parole date.
- Gather every USCIS decision you received between April 1, 2025 and April 21, 2026, and note what each one says about parole.
- Have a lawyer read the denial before filing. The request must explain why the decision resulted from the termination; a weak request uses the opportunity without much chance of success.
- If you are in removal proceedings, tell your lawyer about this process immediately, because the immigration court case and the USCIS request need to be coordinated.
Samper Law is in Massachusetts, where this case is being heard, and we consult in English, Spanish and Portuguese. Call (781) 321-3700.
Sources
- Sileiri Doe v. DHS, No. 1:25-cv-12245 (D. Mass.), orders of March 31, 2026 and September 28, 2026.
- USCIS, "Litigation-Related Update: Sileiri Doe Class Members May Request Reopening or Reconsideration of an Adverse Decision Without a Fee" (Oct. 26, 2026), as summarized in AILA Doc. No. 26102702 (Oct. 27, 2026).
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