The United States government has announced the termination of legal protections for over half a million immigrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela, giving them just weeks to leave the country.
The order, affecting approximately 532,000 individuals, targets those who entered the U.S. under a humanitarian parole program launched by President Joe Biden in October 2022 and expanded in January 2023. The program allowed up to 30,000 migrants per month from these four nations, known for their troubling human rights records.
According to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the immigrants will lose their status 30 days after the directive is published in the Federal Register, set for Tuesday — meaning the affected individuals must leave by April 24, 2025, unless they secure a new legal pathway to stay.
“Parole is inherently temporary, and parole alone is not an underlying basis for obtaining any immigration status,” the DHS stated, underscoring that the program was never meant to offer permanent residency.
The move has sparked urgent warnings from advocacy groups. Welcome.US, an organization supporting refugees, urged those impacted to “immediately” seek legal advice to explore any remaining options for staying in the country.
Initially championed by Biden as a "safe and humane" alternative to manage surging migration at the U.S.-Mexico border, the program now faces abrupt termination. This shift aligns with former President Donald Trump’s hardline immigration policies.
Trump, who recently invoked wartime powers to deport over 200 alleged Venezuelan gang members to El Salvador — a country that offered to imprison migrants at a discount — has vowed to execute what he calls the "largest deportation campaign in U.S. history."
The latest DHS directive signals a decisive turn in the nation’s immigration strategy, leaving hundreds of thousands of migrants scrambling to determine their next move — or face forced removal.
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