People from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela who came to the United States legally through a temporary parole program will be required to seek other protection or leave at the end of their two-year parole period, reports Luke Barr of ABC News.
News that the administration was planning not to extend the parole protections for Venezuelans emerged last week, and the Department of Homeland Security confirmed Friday that re-parole will not be offered for beneficiaries from all four countries.
In The Washington Post, Maria Sacchetti outlines the other legal options that are available to many parolees and notes that the parole program remains open to new applicants.
Meanwhile, former President Donald Trump continues to imply that he would find ways to curb legal immigration in a second term, report Jazmine Ulloa and Hamed Aleaziz of The New York Times.
In an interview last week with Ali Bradley of NewsNation, Trump said he would revoke Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Haitian immigrants. Such actions would be in line with Trump’s attempts to do the same during his first term, Ulloa and Aleaziz note.
In Florida, these discussions worry Haitian families who fear separation and disruption if such a plan were enacted, reports Tania Francois of CBS News Miami. For the Ponthieux family, Trump's plans would upend many years of living and working in an American community, with a home and two American children.
"No one wants to be separated from their parents, especially being born in a country where this is all you know," said Christina Ponthieux, a high school senior.
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100,034 — The official refugee resettlement total from fiscal year 2024 is posted, and it’s six figures for the first time since 1994. As we noted Friday, 100,034 is a 67% increase from just a year earlier. "The continued rebuilding of our refugee resettlement infrastructure is heartening," Jennie said. "Properly resourcing our system makes a difference in how we face the challenges of global migration. Refugee resettlement is an extremely well-vetted, legal pathway that takes pressure off our borders."
CROSSINGS DOWN — Unauthorized crossings at the U.S.-Mexico border are at a new low during the Biden administration, reports Camilo Montoya-Galvez of CBS News. According to U.S. Border Patrol, nearly 54,000 migrant apprehensions occurred after people crossed the U.S.-Mexico border without authorization in September, continuing a decrease since the administration established strict asylum restrictions earlier this summer. Apprehensions numbered 250,000 in December 2023, Montoya-Galvez notes.
EXPENSE — Far from a "miracle tonic," former President Trump's mass deportation plan "would be a humanitarian disaster" and "plunge the United States into economic darkness," Jamelle Bouie writes in his New York Times column. The Forum also has looked at mass deportation’s costs, fiscal and otherwise. Meanwhile, claims that mass deportation could bring down housing costs are false, Aaron Reichlin-Melnick of the American Immigration Council writes for MSNBC.
NEW CITIZENS IN UNIFORM — In a naturalization ceremony at Fort Sam Houston in Texas, Maj. Eric Torrescarcovich welcomed seven service members from all over the world as new citizens, Staff Sgt. ShaTyra Reed-Cox writes on the Army’s website. "Whether we are the first or the tenth generation, no matter where our story begins, we are all equal," said Torrescarcovich, who naturalized in 2008. "More importantly, now in uniform, we proudly salute one great American flag."
P.S. Our Senior Fellow, Linda Chavez, has parsed the immigration claims in last week’s vice presidential debate. Read her in The xxxxxx.
