A federal judge who recently blocked President Donald Trump’s attempt to end an immigration parole program from the Biden era is drawing fresh scrutiny, not only for her ruling but also for her political background and ties to a controversial group linked to communist China.
Judge Indira Talwani, appointed to the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts by President Barack Obama in 2013, issued a recent decision halting the Trump administration’s move to terminate the CHNV program, which has provided temporary legal status to more than 500,000 migrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela.
The U.S. Supreme Court stepped in and sided with the Trump administration, allowing it to revoke temporary legal status for approximately 500,000 migrants.
As conservatives voice concerns over the ruling, newly surfaced records are shedding more light on Talwani’s political background, prompting fresh questions.
Public documents show that Talwani actively volunteered for at least four Democratic campaigns, including those of Deval Patrick, Barack Obama, Martha Coakley, and Elizabeth Warren. Her involvement included holding signs, door-knocking, and phone banking, with efforts specifically aimed at supporting Obama’s 2008 presidential bid and Warren’s 2012 Senate campaign.
Natalie Winters of the National Pulse and Steve Bannon’s “War Room” podcast noted Monday that the Chinese Progressive Association (CPA) “has deep ties to the CCP,” and was founded by individuals with Maoist backgrounds. One of its founders, Fay Wong, even described the Chinese Communist revolution as “very inspiring.”
These revelations resurface as Talwani faces renewed scrutiny over her past connection to the CPA, an organization with documented sympathies toward the Chinese Communist Party.
