The Trump administration will revoke the temporary legal status of 530,000 Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans and Venezuelans in the United States, according to a Federal Register notice released March 21. The change takes effect April 24 and ends the two-year âparoleâ that had allowed these migrants to enter the country by air with U.S. sponsors under a program launched by the Biden administration for Venezuelans in 2022 and expanded to Cubans, Haitians and Nicaraguans in 2023.
Trump ordered termination of the parole programs in a January 20 executive order, asserting they exceeded federal law. DHS said ending parole status would make it easier to place affected migrants into âexpedited removal,â a fast-track deportation process. Under a policy implemented in January, expedited removal can be applied to certain migrants who have been in the United States for two years or less.
It remains unclear how many parole recipients now have another form of legal status or protection.