More than a million migrants who were allowed to enter the United States during the Biden administration may have their temporary stays revoked and be rapidly deported, according to an Immigration and Customs Enforcement document that became public Friday.
Under the Biden administration, migrants from embattled countries could apply for entry for humanitarian reasons, without having to attempt to cross into the U.S. illegally.
Many of the migrants under threat spent months waiting in Mexico, at migrant shelters or in rented rooms, in cities that are rife with cartel violence and kidnappings, in order to enter the US with permission.
A memo appears to allow Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials to target programs that let in more than a million people.
The president sought to end a program that allowed migrants fleeing Cuba, Nicaragua, Venezuela and Haiti to fly into the United States and remain in the country for up to two years.
Immigration officials now have permission to quickly expel migrants temporarily admitted via the CBP One App and a separate program for certain people fleeing Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela.
Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar (R-Fla.) is urging President Trump’s Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to spare some migrants from Latin America and the Caribbean from being deported under the new administration’s immigration guidelines.
Since CBP One app was fully rolled out in January 2023, more than half a million immigrants have been admitted into the United States.
That includes hundreds of thousands of nationals from Cuba, Nicaragua, Venezuela and Haiti who came under a temporary humanitarian parole process that allows them to legally live and work in the U ...
Migrants from Cuba, Nicaragua, Venezuela and Haiti who came under a temporary humanitarian parole process under the Biden administration could lose their temporary stays and be deported. State of play: Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers were directed last week to expedite the deportation of people who failed to apply for asylum within the one-year deadline.
For weeks, lawyers and advocates, worried about President Donald Trump’s promised immigration crackdown, have been telling asylum seekers and migrants temporarily paroled into the United States to keep their documents with them at all times in case they are stopped by overzealous cops or immigration agents.
President Donald Trump is tossing out two Biden-era immigration programs designed to deter illegal border crossings by giving migrants expanded legal pathways to enter the United States.