DHS's reasoning reflects the absurd, arbitrary nature of the US immigration system. In some cases, DHS said their convictions—from the political prosecutions that made them political prisoners!—made them inadmissible to the US. In others, DHS said their fear of return to Nicaragua wasn't credible.

This won't change the Nicaraguan govt's behavior. I'm also not yet sure how broad a precedent was set. But the decision recognizes the validity of the Creole territorial claim and recognizes the state's failure to stop colonization. This may be a strong tool in a different political moment.

Among other things, Nicaragua was ordered to title the Bluefields Creole community's full territory and protect the Bluefields Creole and Rama-Kriol territories from colonization. Elections of parallel communal governments violated the political rights of the Rama and Kriol/Creole peoples.