The Biden administration will not renew a parole program that allowed 530,000 migrants from four countries to enter the U.S., with many now facing deportation.
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The Biden administration announced that it will not renew the temporary parole program that has enabled 530,000 migrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela to enter the United States. This program, originally designed to manage an influx of migration, granted a two-year parole period for humanitarian relief and potential immigration benefits. As these two-year terms begin to expire, those without pending immigration applications or approved benefits will be required to leave the U.S., according to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), which made the announcement on Friday.
“Those who do not have pending immigration benefits or who have not been granted an immigration benefit during their two-year parole period will need to depart the United States prior to the expiration of their authorized parole period or may be placed in removal proceedings after the period of parole expires,” DHS told the Daily Caller News Foundation in a statement.
The parole program was initially set up to address a surge in migration from these four countries, offering a legal pathway for entry into the U.S. and aiming to reduce irregular migration. It provided migrants time to seek legal immigration status, including asylum or temporary protected status. However, with the program winding down, many of these migrants now face deportation if they do not have approved or pending immigration applications.
For those still pursuing a legal stay in the U.S., options such as humanitarian relief and other immigration benefits remain available. However, the DHS emphasized that migrants without valid immigration claims must depart the U.S. before their parole period ends, or they may face removal.
President Joe Biden also announced on Monday that he is reinforcing his previous executive order to further tighten asylum claims at the U.S.-Mexico border. This policy seeks to curb illegal border crossings, which have remained a major concern for voters. The update extends the activation period of his June proclamation, which was aimed at addressing the surge in unlawful crossings.
While the Biden-Harris administration has reported that illegal border crossings have dropped more than 50% since the June order, U.S. Customs and Border Protection revealed that over 500,000 migrants have entered the country through the mass parole program.
Despite this, the administration remains under pressure from critics of its immigration policies as it seeks to find a balance between managing migration and addressing security concerns along the southern border.
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