Trump to revoke legal status for Haitians & Latin American migrants
WASHINGTON DC, USA- The legal status of hundreds of thousands of Latin American and Haitian migrants is set to be revoked, in the latest effort by the Trump Administration to rid the country of large numbers of foreign migrants.
A Biden-era programme sought to reduce illegal border crossings by allowing migrants to fly into the United States if they could obtain sponsorship. The programme, which began in 2022 by targeting Venezuelan nationals, was expanded in early 2023 to include Cuban, Haitian, and Nicaraguan migrants as well. By August 2023, over 530,000 individuals had entered the United States under the auspices of the CHNV programme. The programme offered them immigration parole for two years, allowing them to live and work in the United States.
In October 2024, President Joseph R. Biden decided against extending the programme, meaning that the migrants would have to either obtain legal status through other channels, leave the country, or face deportation.
Trump's campaign promise
President Trump, who had indicated while running for office that he would terminate CHNV and many other Biden-era immigration programmes, is now doing exactly that, and speeding up the programme's end.
A notice scheduled to be published in the Federal Register on March 25, next Tuesday, announced that the Department of Homeland Security “is terminating the categorical parole programmes for inadmissible aliens from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela and their immediate family members.”
The notice explains that 30 days after its publication in the Federal Register, the parole of everyone under the programmes whose parole has not already expired will be terminated. Those with no other legal basis to remain in the country are being urged to leave before that occurs.
According to the DHS notice, “a review of the history of the parole authority supports the contention that discretionary parole determinations were intended by Congress to be narrowly tailored to specific instances and not based on a set of broadly applicable eligibility criteria.” In other words, DHS expects that parole determinations be made only on “a case-by-case basis, taking into account each alien's unique circumstances.” The ultimate determination of parole rests with Customs and Border Protection officers, DHS argues.
The 35-page notice outlines the Department of Homeland Security's rationale for why the CHNV programme, at best, traded one problem – a crush of migrants arriving at the southern border – for another – an influx of migrants competing “for limited resources such as housing, food, transportation, education, legal services, and public benefits.”
With border crossings significantly down since President Trump's inauguration, DHS argues that the need for the CHNV programme has been obviated. “U.S. foreign policy has changed in critical respects, and DHS must expeditiously align its policies to that change,” said the notice, which is attributed to DHS Secretary Kristi Noem.
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15 Responses to “Trump to revoke legal status for Haitians & Latin American migrants”
He already cancelled the executive order so no more can come in. What he is doing right now is making people that came in legally to be illegal How is that suppose to help his plan to bring down the number of illegals?
The President(s) are not to blame, US Congress needs to pass a more Comprehensive Immigration Bill, but they won't. Both sides are playing the fence. Trump is the President of the USA not the world. We need to understand that and not take it personally.