A month to go. The administration of President Donald Trump announced ending the legal status of more than 500,000 Latin American migrants, ordered to leave the United States by April 24, unless they obtain another residence permit. This decision concerns approximately 532,000 Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans and Venezuelans who arrived as part of a program launched by Joe Biden in October 2022.
“Conditional freedom is by nature temporary”
The former President of the United States had at the time presented the plan as a method “Sure and human” To lighten the pressure at the border between the United States and Mexico. “Conditional freedom is by nature temporary and parole alone does not constitute an underlying basis to obtain an immigration status, nor does not constitute admission to the United States”said the Department of Internal Security this Saturday.
Defenders of ulcerated migrants
This decision caused a shield for the defenders of migrants. The Welcome US organization urged people to consult ” immediately “ A specialized lawyer. “Suddenly revoke the legal status of hundreds of thousands of beneficiaries will cause unnecessary chaos and sorrows for families and communities across the country”for its part declared an association director, quoted by AFP.
Before his coming to power, Donald Trump had promised to carry out the largest campaign to expulsion from migrants in the history of the United States. But also to limit immigration from Latin American countries. Recently, its administration used legislation to expel more than 200 alleged members of a Venezuelan gang towards Salvador. This law allows the president to refer citizens of an enemy nation in wartime. It had only been used three times in American history.
