Biden-Program Immigrants at Risk of Deportation

The Department of Homeland Security last week began sending notices to immigrants from Cuba, Venezuela, Haiti and Nicaragua who entered the U.S. through Biden’s “humanitarian parole” program that they must “self-deport.” The notification informs that the immigrants’ parole is terminated and their work permits revoked.

The parole program allowed nationals from these four countries to enter the U.S. for a period of two years. Trump attempted to revoke their legal status in April, but a federal judge stopped him. A Supreme Court decision on May 30 gave Trump the green light to end the program.

More than 110,000 Cubans entered the U.S. through Biden’s parole program. If they have not changed their legal status, they are now at risk of deportation. A separate Trump decision has also revoked the legal status of nearly a million people who entered the U.S. through the CBP One online app, including thousands of Cubans.