More than 500,000 immigrants who were paroled into the U.S. under former President Joe Biden’s administration, have been notified by the Department of Homeland Security’s U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services that their documents are about to expire.
According to the Washington Examiner, the agency told the news outlet Friday that parolees have been notified that they need to leave the U.S. or face deportation.
USCIS reportedly “encouraged” 531,000 immigrants to use the Customs and Border Protections Home phone app to notify them that they plan to leave.
The Washington Examiner further reported that around 200 employees at the GE Applicance Park in Louisville, Kentucky, have received alerts that they would need to leave the U.S. before April 24 or face “adverse immigration consequences.”
Another 531,000 immigrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela who were also paroled into the U.S. via the Biden administration’s CHNV program, have had their parole revoked from the Trump administration, part of President Donald Trump’s promise to conduct mass deportations.
“The termination of the CHNV parole programs, and the termination of the parole for those who exploited it, is a return to common sense policies, a return to public safety, and a return to America First,” the DHS said in a statement Friday.
“The previous administration lied to America,” the DHS said. “They allowed more than half a million loosely vetted aliens from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela and their immediate family members to enter the United States through these disastrous parole programs, granted them opportunities to compete for American jobs and undercut American workers; forced career civil servants to promote the programs even when fraud was identified; and then blamed Republicans in Congress for the chaos that ensued and the crime that followed.”
Heather Atkinson, president of the International Union of Electrical Workers/Communications Workers of America Local 83761, who represents the GE Appliance Park workers, told the Courier Journal that the union is calling on members who received notices to seek legal advice.
“We have over 20 languages spoken at Appliance Park, and we believe diversity is a strength, not a weakness,” Atkinson said “We are encouraging all members who have received these notices to seek legal counsel regarding their rights and call on the administration to restore their status immediately.”
