Trump Terminates parole programs for Cuba, Venezuela Haiti and Nicaragua (CHNV), effective April 24th — Visa Lawyer blog — March 21, 2025
Today March 21, 2025, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) released an advance copy of a notice in the Federal Register ending four Biden-era parole programs for Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela (CHNV).
When
The temporary parole period of aliens in the United States under the CHNV parole programs will terminate on April 24th (30 days from the date of the notice’s publication in the Federal Register)
Parolees without a lawful basis to remain in the United States following this termination of the CHNV parole programs must depart the United States before the program’s termination date.
Who will be impacted
Nationals from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela who flew to the U.S. under Biden’s CHNV humanitarian parole program.
Parolees granted admission under CHNV were given a temporary two-year parole period to remain in the U.S., work authorization, and protection from deportation. The purpose of the program was to reduce illegal immigration at the southern border and provide alternative legal avenues.
Approximately 532,000 nationals entered the United States using this program.
Termination of Employment Authorization Documents
Parole-based employment authorization for CHNV parolees will also automatically terminate on April 24th and will be revoked pursuant to 8 CFR 274a.14(b).
Expedited Removal
Following parole termination, DHS intends to promptly remove aliens who entered the United States under the CHNV parole programs, who do not depart the United States before their parole termination date and who do not have any lawful basis to remain in the United States.
DHS intends to prioritize the removal of those who:
(1) have not, prior to the publication of this notice (March 25th), properly filed an immigration benefit request, with appropriate fee (or fee waiver request, if available) to obtain a lawful basis to remain in the United States (e.g., adjustment of status, asylum, Temporary Protected Status, or T or U nonimmigrant status) and
(2) are not the beneficiary of an immigration benefit request properly filed by someone else on their behalf (e.g., petition for alien relative, fiance petition, petition for immigrant employee), with appropriate fee (or fee waiver request, if available).
To effectuate their prompt removal, the U.S. government may in its discretion initiate expedited removal proceedings where appropriate. Expedited removal is available only when an alien has not been continuously present in the United States for at least the two years preceding the date of inadmissibility.
Aliens who have since obtained a lawful immigration status or other basis that permits them to remain in the United States are not required to depart the United States pursuant to the notice.
Why was CHNV parole terminated?
According to the notice, Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem, in her discretion has terminated the CHNV parole programs because, “[they] do not serve a significant public benefit, are not necessary to reduce levels of illegal immigration, did not sufficiently mitigate the domestic effects of illegal immigration, are not serving their intended purposes, and are inconsistent with the Administration’s foreign policy goals.”
DHS believes that consideration of any urgent humanitarian reasons for granting parole is best addressed on a case-by-case basis and taking into consideration each alien’s specific circumstances.
To read the advance copy of the CHNV termination notice, please click here.
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