The administration of U.S. President Donald Trump has announced the revocation of temporary legal status for more than half a million migrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela.
These migrants have been warned to leave the country before their permits and deportation protections expire on April 24, according to a federal government notice.
The 530,000 individuals arrived in the U.S. under the Biden-era sponsorship program known as CHNV, which provided legal pathways for migration. Trump suspended the program immediately upon taking office.
It remains unclear how many of these migrants have managed to secure alternative legal status to remain in the U.S.
The CHNV program was launched by President Joe Biden in 2022, initially covering Venezuelan migrants before expanding to other nations. It allowed migrants and their immediate family members to enter the U.S. if they had American sponsors, granting them a two-year temporary immigration status known as parole.
