Humanitarian parole is definitively revoked by Donald Trump

The revocation of the Humanitarian Parole program has already been signed by President Donald Trump, an action that leaves thousands of people without immigration status.

The measure had already been announced by various press media In previous days, but the final firm has been given during the day of this Friday, March 21. As it transpired, the cancellation of the Parole will be effective as of April 24.

The also known as «temporary protection status» was initiated by former president Joe Biden in 2022, and allowed more than 530 thousand people from four countries to enter the United States.

Now, the citizens of Nicaragua, Venezuela, Haiti and Cuba who have not regularized their immigration situation, are faced with the real threat of being deported as of April 24.

How will this measure affect Cubans?

The revocation of the humanitarian parole will impact decisively on the immigration situation of thousands of people. It should be remembered that Parole offered a two -year legal status, in which the beneficiary had the right to work permit and some other benefits such as medical insurance and driving license.

However, once that time exceeded, those who entered under this legal figure had the obligation to have regularized their immigration status. In the case of Cubans, those who have been in the United States for more than a year and one day and applied to the Cuban adjustment law, would not be in danger.

For those who have not yet fulfilled that time, experts in migratory issues ensure that they need to seek legal advice and apply to available figures such as political asylum.

With this option, which can be applied by both Cubans and by Haitians, Nicaraguans and Venezuelans, the ancient beneficiaries of humanitarian parole would ensure they would have an open case before the American courts.

It is important to emphasize that, those people who do not have a process of asylum or other available legal figure, run a high risk of being deported after April 24, 2025.

Currently, the Trump administration also values ​​the possibility of withdrawing the parole to the more than 240 thousand Ukrainians who entered the United States under this condition. In this way, they would be forced to settle in other parts of the world or, in the worst case, return to their country that remains in war conflict with Russia.

Since his arrival to power, Donald Trump has adopted a series of measures that are significantly impacting on the Latin community, such as mass deportations, the cancellation of Parole and now his revocation.