More than a million migrants who were allowed to enter the United States during the Biden administration may have their temporary stays revoked and be rapidly deported, according to an Immigration and Customs Enforcement document that became public Friday.
A memo appears to allow Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials to target programs that let in more than a million people.
Days after Donald Trump’s swearing-in, his administration suspended several immigration programs, including those for Ukrainians. The decision halts applications under the "Uniting for Ukraine" program,
The president sought to end a program that allowed migrants fleeing Cuba, Nicaragua, Venezuela and Haiti to fly into the United States and remain in the country for up to two years.
Migrants allowed into the U.S. temporarily under certain Biden administration programs can be quickly expelled, according to a memo sent by the Trump administration's acting secretary of homeland security.
Under the Biden administration, migrants from embattled countries could apply for entry for humanitarian reasons, without having to attempt to cross into the U.S. illegally.
For weeks, lawyers and advocates, worried about President Donald Trump’s promised immigration crackdown, have been telling asylum seekers and migrants temporarily paroled into the United States to keep their documents with them at all times in case they are stopped by overzealous cops or immigration agents.
They came from Haiti, Venezuela and around the world, pulling small rolling suitcases crammed with clothing and stuffed animals to occupy their children. They clutched cellphones showing that after months of waiting they had appointments — finally — to legally enter the United States.
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has informed that under the Conditional Stay Program, it continues to accept asylum applications at the U.S.-Mexico border and allows travel for certain nationals of Haiti,
Mexico has agreed to expand support to other Latin American and Caribbean nations as part of a regional migratory response
Rubio is expected to face questions about the incoming administration’s approach to an historic wave of migration throughout the hemisphere that has dominated U.S. relations with other countries.
His foreign minister just abruptly resigned. A deadly wave of violence between fighting guerrilla groups is endangering his nation’s hard-won peace accord, and 17 of his countrymen, former soldiers accused in the July 2021 assassination of Haiti President Jovenel Moïse,