The government of the president of the United States, Donald Trumpbegan to notify thousands of immigrants the revocation of their temporal permits to reside and work in the country thanks to the so -called Humanitarian parolewhich was implemented during demenezuelaocrat management Joe Biden. The program will be deactivated on April 24. Until then, what paths do immigrants have to avoid deportation?
The humanitarian parole Benedictia more than half a million immigrants from Cuba, Nicaragua, Haiti and Venezuela. According to Univisionthe National Security Department (DHSfor its acronym in English) has notified them that They must “self -lead” or face a possible detention and expulsion from the United States.
“You must leave the United States now”the document sent to the beneficiaries is read. “Not later than your parole’s termination date.”
The Venezuelan Jorgeis Ocando (quarter to the left) listens to indications before crossing the border towards El Paso, Texas, United States, along with other migrants to attend his CPB One appointment, on October 22, 2024. (Photo by Guillermo Arias / AFP).
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A DHS spokesman told Fox News that “the previous government lied to the United States. It allowed more than half a million foreigners from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuelaand their direct relatives, with a little rigorous investigation, will enter the country through these disastrous programs of ‘parole“, they were given opportunities to compete for American jobs and harmed US workers.”
According to this spokesman, the cancellation of the Humanitarian parole “It is a return to common sense policies, a return to public security and a return to the idea of ’United States first.”
What can immigrants do?
Hundreds of migrants from Venezuela, Haiti and other countries in Central America wait in a row to process their refugee status in Mexico before trying to enter the United States, on November 7, 2022 (AFP photo).
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The news chain CNN He consulted immigration lawyer Elizabeth Uribe, who explained that Among the options that have the more than 500,000 people affected with the end of the humanitarian parole is having submitted an asylum application before having turned a year in the country.
“We are facing a different administration that is making very different decisions to how things have been done historically, but I have faith. I am positive that they will respect those applications and that if someone already has (a Asylum application) slope or something different, that will allow people to stay in the country to be able to present those defenses, ”said Uribe.
Another immigration lawyer, Cindy Blandón, told CNN that Venezuelans and Haitians are eligible for temporary protection status (TPS). However, this humanitarian permit for people who are already in USA It could also be canceled soon by the government of Trumpthe news channel remarked.
Blandón said that for Cubans there is a separate and unique process that provides them with a direct path to the status of permanent resident under the 1996 Cuban Adjustment Law. They are eligible if they have turned a year in the country; However, the lawyer recommends requesting asylum Well, doing so by residence is more complex.
On Nicaraguans, CNN said they could be the most affected because they do not have the aforementioned options.
CNN also mentioned how Another possibility for migrants from these four nationalities It is that another person presents a request in your name, whether a relative or an employer.
What is humanitarian parole?
People arrive at an office in Miami of the United States citizenship and immigration service (USCIS) in the United States. (Photo AP/Wilfredo Lee, file).
According to the International Rescue Committee, an organization founded in 1933 by Albert Einstein to help refugees to achieve protection, the Humanitarian parole It is a legal figure that has been used by several governments of USAboth Democrats and Republicans, on multiple occasions over the last 70 years.
Specifically, the Humanitarian parole has its origins in the Immigration and Nationality Law (INA) of 1952which granted the Government the discretionary authority to allow the temporary entry of foreigners for urgent humanitarian reasons or significant public benefit.
Its first large -scale application occurred in 1956when The US government allowed the entry of more than 30,000 Hungarian refugees that fled from Soviet repression after the Hungarian revolution.
In the 1960s and 1970s, More than 690,000 Cubans and some 360,000 nationals of Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos could enter the United States thanks to the humanitarian parole.
More recently, The humanitarian parole began to be used in October 2022 to benefit only migrants from Venezuela who escaped from the dictatorship of Nicolás Madurobut then the Biden government extended it to people from Nicaragua, Cuba and Haiti.
He Humanitarian parole It does not grant permanent immigration status, but grants a legal stay for a certain period, usually up to two years, depending on the case.
The beneficiaries can receive a work permit, although they must expressly request it.
To access Humanitarian paroleapplicants had to comply with several requirements. Among them, It was essential to have a sponsor in the United States that guarantees financial support during the stay. In addition, the applying should pass security and background verifications, demonstrate that they comply with the eligibility criteria established by the program and, in some cases, to be up to date with vaccination and public health requirements. The application process used to be carried out online through platforms enabled by the US citizenship and immigration service (USCIS).
At the end of the authorized period, The beneficiaries had to look for another legal way to remain in the country or return to their nation of Origen.
Since he assumed the presidency of the United States on January 20, Trump threatened with the end of humanitarian parole and other programs implemented during the Biden government for the benefit of immigrants.
It is unknown how many of the permits by Humanitarian parole They remain in force and how many of the 530,000 beneficiaries had been able to change their immigration status to another that would allow them to remain legally in the United States.
The president of the United States, Donald Trump, speaks during the Alina Habba sworn ceremony as the United States Attorney General for New Jersey, on March 28, 2025. (Photo of Saul Loeb / AFP).
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4 Trump’s migratory measures since the power ausmed:
- Trump issued an executive order that indefinitely suspends the arrival of refugees to the United States As of January 27, 2025. This measure stops refugee admissions for at least three months, with the possibility of extension according to national security evaluations.
- On January 20, 2025, the Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP) was reinstatedknown as stay in Mexico, which forces asylum applicants to wait in Mexico while their cases are resolved in US courts.
- On January 20, 2025, the Trump administration deactivated the CBP One applicationused by asylum applicants to program appointments at border crossings between the United States and Mexico. This application allowed applicants to enter the country under “probation” migratory.
- The Trump administration expanded the application of expedited removalallowing immigration officers to quickly sports people without due process if they are determined that they entered without documents and have been in the country for less than two years. These people can be arrested and deported without appearing before an immigration judge.
