Miami.- Republican congresswoman, María Elvira Salazaraffirmed that the drastic measures applied by the president Donald Trump After his return to White House They seek to correct the “Migratory disaster” left by Democratic Administration of Joe Biden.
Through a message posted on the social network X, Salazar referred to the end of the ‘Humanitarian Parole’ program, which benefited more than half a million immigrants from Cuba, Nicaragua, Venezuela and Haiti, scheduled for April 24.
He affirmed that the temporary legal status, which was launched in October 2022 for Venezuelans and subsequently extended to Cubans, Haitians and Nicaraguans, left in a “Legal Limbo” to the most 532,000 migrants who entered the country with work permit for at least two years.
“Trump is correcting the migratory disaster left by Biden. There is no doubt: The legal limbo that Cubans, Venezuelans, Haitians and Nicaraguans face today is a direct consequence of the empty promises of the Biden administration“The representative wrote for Florida.
Biden left the task to the new administration
According to a document published by Federal Register, the end of the ‘Humanitarian Parole’, which was already expected, will enter into force as of April 24, leaving without work permits and deportation protection to the thousands of migrants who accepted this benefit, which had been suspended twice by the Democratic Administration itself by complaints of denunciations of mass fraud committed by the beneficiaries and their sponsors.
At the end of his government, although he did not definitely suspend the program, leaving that task to the new administration, Biden did not extend the stay of the beneficiaries of the humanitarian parole, after the permission of the first beneficiaries expired.
Trump has stated that the programs created by Biden, under the argument of reducing illegal crosses by the border product of his “open borders” policy, “exceeded” the limits of the federal law and requested its termination in an executive order signed by assuming the presidency.
They would be more than 110,000 Cubans, more than 210,000 Haitians, 93,000 Nicaraguans and almost 117,000 Venezuelans affected, according to data from the Customs and Border Protection Office (CBP), published until the end of August 2024.
Advocates migrants
While Biden measures left in a “legal limbo” to the beneficiaries of this program, the hard migratory policies applied by the Trump administration leaves more than half a million migrants at risk of deportation.
Republican congresswoman stressed that these migrants fled from the “failed communist regimes” of Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela “with the hope of finding freedom and opportunities” in the United States.
However, he added that these migrants were “betrayed by incoherent and poorly managed policies”applied by the previous government.
Given this situation, Salazar advocated protection measures for these citizens. “The Trump administration should recognize this reality and Do not punish them for biden errors. Let’s give them the opportunity to access the protections they were promised, “he said.
