Migrants temporarily allowed in the U.S. under the Biden Administration’s programs could be quickly deported, according to a memo from the Trump Administration’s secretary of homeland security.
On Thursday night, Thursday night, Secretary Benjamina Huffman, who was sent by the Department of Security and ABC News, said that “a migrant who has been on parole” may face “removal”.
immigration and customs enforcement (ice) is free to deport migrants covered by such “Parole” programs – It is used to grant entry to migrants for urgent humanitarian reasons.
Cuban, Haitian, Nicaraguan, Venezuelan (CHNV) parolees are allowed for up to two years for some migrants from these countries to apply for parole status. However, there were requirements for applicants, for example, they had to have a sponsor in the US and be able to pass a security clearance.
Both programs were quickly made when the president Donald Trump He came into the office earlier this week.
“The Biden-Harris Administration abused the humanitarian freedom program, allowing 1.5 million migrants to leave to allow 1.5 million migrants to enter our country,” he said Tuesday. “All of that stopped the day of the Trump administration. This action will return the humanitarian parole program to migrants on a case-by-case basis.”
Migrants seeking asylum in the United States gather near the border wall, crossing into the United States. As a member of the Texas National Guard, seen in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico on 19, 19. , 2024.
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Memo first new according to New York An ice agent, on the other hand, reviews the individual case and determines what enforcement is necessary.
“Take all steps necessary to review, in the exercise of your enforcement discretion, whether or not to place an alien in removal proceedings; and review the alien’s parole to determine, to implement the terms of parole, that parolees are appropriate under changed legal or factual circumstances, “according to the notice.
US Army soldiers patrol the US-Mexico border in Eagle Pass, Texas on January 24, 2025.
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The notice states that any person in the country must be legally “aware” of the ice, the agents “should take all the necessary steps to determine that they should be in the country
“Take all necessary steps to review the alien’s case and consider, in the exercise of your enforcement discretion, the application of expedited removal. This may include continuing removal proceedings and/or steps to terminate active parole status.”
The administration expanded its “statutory maximum” authority. It means someone who has been in the country for less than two years without an immigration hearing – something that immigration advocates have never used before.
“To maximize efficiency in the short term, DHS components may prioritize requesting Aliens to apply for asylum within the statutory deadline,” the DHS Memo said.
