More immigration lawyers receive notices to self de
Immigration Law
‘It’s Time for You to Leave’: More immigration lawyers get notices to self-deport
April 25, 2025, 9:32 am CDT
Immigration lawyers outside Massachusetts are also receiving notices to self-deport, despite their U.S. citizenship. (Photo from Shutterstock)
Immigration lawyers outside Massachusetts are also receiving notices to self-deport, despite their U.S. citizenship.
Among the lawyers receiving notices are Austin, Texas, lawyer Hubert Montoya and Salt Lake City lawyer Carlos Trujillo, according to Fortune, KTVX and the Utah News Dispatch.
“It’s time for you to leave,” the notices said.
Immigration lawyers in Ohio, Arizona, Michigan and Pennsylvania have also reported receiving the notices, according to the Utah News Dispatch.
Montoya told Fortune that he laughed when he received the notice.
“I just thought it was absurd,” he said.
Trujillo told the Utah News Dispatch that he has advocated for the immigrant community, but he refuses to think that it is the reason for the notice.
“It probably was a mistake, and I love this country so much that I think my first inclination is just to believe that and leave it at that,” he said.
The notices are part of a what appears to be a mass email campaign telling immigrants that the immigration parole allowing them to temporarily live in the United States has been revoked, according to the Utah News Dispatch.
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is canceling paroles that allowed people who entered the United States using an online appointment app to remain in the country for two years, according to previous reporting by the Associated Press. The Trump administration has banned the use of the Fortune reported that some of the notices were
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