The Trump administration has been granted to the US under certain Biden-era programs, from Latin America and Ukraine, which were permitted to the US under certain Biden-era programs, according to an internal memo obtained by two US officials and CBS News. has established a suspension for all immigration applications submitted by immigrants.
The directive says that there will be no freeze on applications while government officials work to identify potential cases of fraud and strengthen review procedures to mitigate concerns related to national security and public safety. It will remain in the deadline.
The previously unreported move casts a cloud of uncertainty on many migrants who are legally applying for various immigration benefits that allow them to stay in the United States forever. He is threatening.
The exact number of immigrants affected is unknown, but the holding of the application is to several Biden admin programs that allow hundreds of thousands of foreigners to legally come to the United States through immigration law known as parole. Applies to it. That law allows the US government to quickly welcome foreigners on humanitarian or public interest reasons.
The Biden administration used parole on an unprecedented scale, partially encouraging immigrants to sign up for legal mobility channels rather than illegally crossing tropical borders. The Trump administration has moved swiftly to suspend these efforts, claiming it abused parole officials.
The Trump administration had before Stop A new entry based on the Biden-era parole policy. However, in a memo dated February 14, Andrew Davidson, chief executive of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, said that all immigrants already submitted to the US under three Biden administration programs. We ordered an “pending benefit request” to “suspend administrative suspension” across agents. .
They include a policy called Ukrainian unity and are set up to provide safe shelter to those who have fled the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Before President Trump took office, around 240,000 Ukrainians with American sponsors arrived in the United States under the process. Another affected program, known as CHNV, allowed 530,000 Cubans, Haitians, Nicaragians and Venezuelans sponsored by American citizens to enter the United States
The third impacted program consists of a process in which some Colombians, Ecuadorians, Central Americans, Haitians and Cubans are with American relatives, with family-based green cards available. You can come to the US to wait to become.
People who participated in the US under these programs were only given temporary work permits and deportation protections, which usually lasted for two years, so many of them applied for other immigration benefits, said lawyers and experts said.
These benefits include programs known as temporary protections for immigrants from crisis-hit countries such as Haiti, Ukraine and Venezuela. Asylum allows escaped persecutions to acquire permanent, safe shelter in the United States. Green Card or Permanent American Residency. Due to Cold War era law, Cubans who have been paroleed to the US are eligible to apply for a green card.
However, under the internal USCIS directive, authorities may process applications for these programs or other benefits if a request is filed for immigrants who have arrived in the US under targeted Biden administration policies. It’s gone.
“This effectively freezes the ability to transition to another legal position,” he said, serving as the top USCIS lawyer during the administration of former president George W. Bush, and is currently at Berry Appleman & Leiden LLP. Linden Meldead, who works as a partner, said. “In the interim, if the government ends its parole status, they will remain susceptible to removal from the state.”
The USCIS memo said the move was justified because “(c)uscis arbitration system does not properly flag fraud information and public safety or national security concerns.” The directive cites the Biden administration’s move last year to temporarily suspend parole initiatives for Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans and Venezuelans due to concerns about fraud.
In his notes, Davidson referenced a survey that stated he had discovered thousands of CHNV applications that contained “serial sponsors,” information about deceased individuals, or the same address. He said some of these cases have proven to be fraudulent. Davidson also said that some migrants who enlisted in the US under the CHNV were “not fully vetted.”
Davidson said in his memo it could potentially be lifted, but authorities said “international parole in the United States or paroleed to the United States under these categories of parole programs.” He said he has completed a comprehensive review and evaluation of the population.
DHS representatives did not respond to requests to comment on the CBS News report.
The Trump administration has otherwise targeted those who have come to the United States under the Biden-era immigration parole program.
Last month, officials permission Federal immigration agents seeking deportation of those permitted to enter the United States under the CHNV program and other Biden administration parole policies. The administration also drafted a plan. cancel Parole status of many people who came to the United States under CHNV.
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