Trump Admin Orders 500,000 Immigrants to Leave U.S.

Immigrants admitted into the United States under a Joe Biden-era parole program are currently facing the threat of removal. Participants of the “CHNV” parole program for Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela have received termination notices from the Department of Homeland Security urging them to leave the U.S. immediately. As part of the process, the immigrants were also informed that their employment authorization had been revoked effective immediately, Knewz.com has learned.

DHS Sends Termination Notice to 500,000 Immigrants

The termination notices, sent via email to the addresses provided by parole recipients, informed them that their parole status has been revoked and their parole-based work authorization is terminated effective immediately. It has been reported that the revoking of parole benefits is part of a broader initiative by the Donald Trump administration to roll back temporary immigration protections that had grown in scope in recent years. As part of the effort, the administration has also ended Temporary Protected Status (TPS) designations that previously shielded immigrants from Venezuela, Afghanistan, Nepal and Cameroon from deportation.

The Immigrants Entered the U.S. Under the Biden Presidency

It has been reported that around 532,000 migrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela entered the U.S. during the Joe Biden presidency after securing U.S. sponsors and getting government approval under parole programs. “The Biden administration expanded its use of parole — a tool designed to admit people temporarily for humanitarian or public-interest reasons — by setting up special processes targeting those four countries,” reports have explained. The immigrants usually entered the country under the parole programs for two years, although it is not clear how many remained in the country under that status.

The Termination Notices Follow a Supreme Court Order

Behind the termination notices sent out by the Department of Homeland Security is a Supreme Court order allowing the administration to strip the legal right to temporarily live and work in the U.S. for around 500,000 immigrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela. “Over two dissents, the high court cleared the Department of Homeland Security to end so-called parole programs that gave migrants from those four countries temporary legal status,” reports have mentioned. Notably, the Supreme Court order came after a May 19 ruling that allowed the Department of Homeland Security to end legal protections for 350,000 Venezuelans under a different program. “The decisions are bolstering efforts by the Trump administration to aggressively evict migrants — including some people who came to the U.S. legally,” reports have pointed out.

Biden Admin ‘Lied to America’

Department of Homeland Security Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin claimed that the Biden administration had not properly vetted the immigrants admitted through the CHNV program and that the paroled immigrants undercut American workers. “The Biden Administration lied to America. They allowed more than half a million poorly vetted aliens from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela and their immediate family members to enter the United States through these disastrous parole programs; granted them opportunities to compete for American jobs and undercut American workers; forced career civil servants to promote the programs even when fraud was identified; and then blamed Republicans in Congress for the chaos that ensued and the crime that followed,” she said in a statement. “Ending the CHNV parole programs, as well as the paroles of those who exploited it, will be a necessary return to common-sense policies, a return to public safety, and a return to America First,” McLaughlin added.

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