Homeland Security revokes temporary status for 532,000 Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans and Venezuelans

                                                                       

MIAMI (AP) — The Department of Homeland Security announced Friday that it will revoke legal protections for hundreds of thousands of Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans, and Venezuelans, potentially subjecting them to deportation within the next month.

The order affects approximately 532,000 individuals from these four countries who arrived in the U.S. since October 2022. They entered under a humanitarian parole program with financial sponsors and were granted two-year permits to live and work in the country. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem stated that their legal status will be revoked on April 24, or 30 days after the notice is published in the Federal Register.

This policy shift targets individuals already in the U.S. under humanitarian parole and follows a broader effort by the Trump administration to restrict immigration pathways. The administration has characterized the use of humanitarian parole as overly expansive, arguing that it has been misused to allow large numbers of people from politically unstable countries to remain in the U.S.

                                                                             

During his campaign, President Donald Trump pledged to deport millions of undocumented individuals. As president, he has also taken steps to roll back legal immigration pathways, further tightening policies on entry and residency.

 

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