A federal judge ruled Wednesday that theTrumpadministration wrongly endedhumanitarian parolefor hundreds of thousands of people allowed to live in the United States temporarily. The decision is another legal setback for President Donald Trump's plans for mass deportation, but it may prove temporary and its immediate impact was unclear. U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani in Boston sided with people who were already admitted to the United States but were unable to renew their short-term permits. They cover parole policies that benefited Afghans, Ukrainians, Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans, Venezuelans and children from Central American countries trying to join their parents in the U.S., among others. Talwani, who was appointed by President Barack Obama, said two orders by Department of Homeland Security officials to suspend renewals pending further review were unlikely to survive a legal challenge. One of the orders "gives no reasoned explanation" for the actions, she wrote. "The 'pause' has now been in place for three months; the pause is, in effect, an indefinite suspension," she wrote. The Department of Homeland Security did not immediately respond to a request for comment. A group of American citizens andimmigrantsearlier this year sued the Trump administration for ending the long-standing legal tool presidents have used to allow people from countries where there's war or political instability to enter and temporarily live in the U.S. The humanitarian parole programs allowed in 875,000 migrants who have legal U.S. residents as sponsors. Trumphas beenending legal pathwaysfor immigrants to come to the U.S. and implementing campaignpromises to deport millions of peoplewho are in the U.S. illegally. The plaintiffs include eight immigrants who entered the U.S. legally before theTrump administration endedwhat it called the "broad abuse" of humanitarian parole. They can legally stay in the U.S. until their parole expires, but the administration stopped processing their applications for asylum, visas and other requests that might allow them to remain longer. None are identified by their real names because they fear deportation. Among them are Maksym and Maria Doe, a Ukrainian couple; Alejandro Doe, who fled Nicaragua following the abduction and torture of his father; and Omar Doe, who worked for more than 18 years with the U.S. military in his home country of Afghanistan.