BOSTON - The federal court of appeals on Monday rejected a request from the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump, allowing it to revoke interim legal status of hundreds of thousands of Cubans, Haitians, Nicaragua and reside in the United States.

The Boston-based First Circuit Court of Appeals refused to hold a judge's order to stop the Department of Homeland Security's move to shorten the two-year "parole" granted by Trump's Democratic predecessor Joe Biden to immigrants under Trump's democratic predecessor.

The administration’s actions mark a tough blow to immigration by the Republican president and push for an expansion of measures to strengthen deportation, including the previous granting of non-citizen rights to legally live and work in the United States.

The government argues that Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has the right to absolutely terminate immigration status and that the judge's order forces the U.S. government to "retain thousands of foreigners in the country against their will."

But a three-judge panel composed entirely of Democratic presidential appointments said Norm “has not made a 'strong statement' suggesting that her absolute termination of parole for plaintiffs may be upheld by appeals.”

Attorney Karen Tumlin's Immigration Rights Group Judicial Action Center filed a lawsuit, and he welcomed the court's ruling. She called the government's actions "reckless and illegal".

Now, the government can ask the U.S. Supreme Court to intervene. The Department of Homeland Security did not respond to a request for comment.

The lawsuit by immigration rights advocates has challenged the agency's decision to suspend various Biden-era plans that allow Ukrainian, Afghan, Cuban, Haitian, Nicaragua and Venezuelan immigrants to the country.

At the time of trial, the Department of Homeland Security announced in a federal communiqué on March 25 that it had decided to terminate the two-year parole for about 400,000 Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans and Venezuelans.

Indira Talwani, a U.S. District Court judge appointed by Democratic President Barack Obama, stopped the agency's actions on April 25, saying she revoked the previously granted parole and work mandates and provided immigrants on a category basis, and there was no necessary case review, and no necessary case review. Departments legally accelerate their ability to deport.