posted March 21, 2025 10:30 PM            

The Trump administration will be revoking the legal status of hundreds of thousands of Latin American and Haitian migrants welcomed into the U.S. under a Biden-era sponsorship process, urging them to self-deport or face arrest and removal by deportation agents.

The termination of their work permits and deportation protections under an immigration authority known as parole will take effect in late April, 30 days after March 25, according to a notice posted by the federal government.

The move will affect immigrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela who flew to the U.S. under a Biden administration program, known as CHNV, that was designed to reduce illegal immigration at the U.S.-Mexico border by giving would-be migrants legal migration avenues.

A total of 532,000 migrants entered the U.S. under that policy, which was paused soon after President Trump took office, though it's unclear how many have been able to secure another status that will allow them to stay in the country legally.

CBS News first reported in early February that the Trump administration was planning to revoke the legal status of individuals who entered the U.S. under the CHNV process.

The Department of Homeland Security said it will seek the arrest and deportation of those subject to the policy change if they fail to depart the U.S. in the next 30 days. Officials are urging migrants to use the newly repurposed CBP Home smartphone app to register for self-deportation.

But DHS said it retains the authority to target migrants who arrived under this program before the 30-day period lapses. Officials say those prioritized for arrest will include migrants who have failed to apply for another immigration benefit like asylum or a green card.

In a statement, DHS spokeswoman Tricia McLaughlin said the migrants allowed into the U.S. under the CHNV process were "loosely vetted," and argued the program undercut American workers.

posted March 22, 2025 01:31 PM            

I originally thought these migrants were on TPS (Temporary protected status) but reading the article I see this is a different program set up by the Biden admin called CHVN and it allowed sponsored individuals to live and work in the U.S. legally for two years through humanitarian parole.

To be continued...

posted March 22, 2025 01:36 PM            

Yes, you read correctly, the CHVN program was designed to allow people to live and work in the US for only 2 years. See for yourself! https://www.americanimmigrationcouncil.or g/research/biden-administrations-humanitarian-parole-program-cubans-haitians-nicaraguans-and

in October 2024 -probably worrying about the November election- the Biden admin decided to NOT EXTEND their legal status past the 2 years: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/venezuelans-legal-status-chnv-program/

This refusal to extend past the 2 years outraged immigration advocates who kept pressuring the Biden admin:
https://www.nyic.org/2024/10/advocates-out raged-by-president-bidens-refusal-to-extend-humanitarian-parole-for-immigrants-in-the-u-s/

So all Trump is doing is saying to the beneficiaries of a program that technically was already terminated, it's time to go home!

The program was temporary. The problem with those TEMPORARY programs is that they create an expectation of permanency, and even an entitlement feeling to permanency ... There is a lot of gaslighting and guilt tripping coming from the immigration advocates who are in the BUSINESS of making money out of immigration.