In the last few years, over half a million Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans, and Venezuelans were flown directly into the United States, many reportedly sponsored by Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs.) This was done under a Biden administration policy that is a frank abuse of the immigration parole system.

In another reversal of Biden administration policies, the Trump administration is making plans to revoke the legal status of immigrants who entered the United States under this program.

The proposal by the Department of Homeland Security, spelled out in an unpublished notice, would fully terminate a Biden administration program that allowed more than 530,000 Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans and Venezuelans to fly to the U.S. if American sponsors agreed to help them financially. 

The Biden administration argued the policy, known as CHNV, discouraged illegal immigration by people from these four Latin American countries by offering them legal means to come to the U.S., but President Trump froze the initiative hours after being inaugurated. Trump officials have specifically argued the program was a misuse of immigration parole, the legal authority which the Biden administration used to admit those under the sponsorship initiative, and to allow them to apply for work permits.

Under the new move, the Trump administration would revoke the parole status of those allowed into the U.S. under the CHNV policy and place them in deportation proceedings if they have failed to apply for, or obtain, another immigration benefit, like asylum, a green card, or Temporary Protected Status, the internal proposal shows. 

That act by the Biden administration is a bit of a head-scratcher; reduce illegal immigration by letting the people who are coming in illegally have a parole, making them technically legal, if they come into the United States on a flight paid for by the American taxpayers - and then be housed and given benefits also paid for by the American taxpayers.

No wonder the Democrats took such a beating last November.

Those whose parole classification is revoked, and who lack another immigration status, would become ineligible to work in the U.S. lawfully. They would also receive notices to appear in immigration court, the first step in the deportation process, according to the internal documents.

Earlier this month, the Trump administration empowered federal immigration agents, including those with Immigration and Customs Enforcement, to seek the deportation — including in an expedited fashion in some cases — of those permitted to enter the U.S. under various Biden administration policies, including the CHNV program.

Expanding an immigration parole program to people who were entering the country illegally isn't what one generally thinks of when considering ways and means of reducing illegal immigration. This program of the Biden administration is akin to declaring robbery and murder legal, and then boasting about a reduction in crime rates. It's not what people had in mind when answering pollsters and indicating that illegal immigration was a key concern.

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Here's an interesting tidbit: During the 2024 election campaign, in fact, in the month before the election, the Biden administration started rolling back this program. Someone saw the writing on the wall. But not soon enough.

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