The Ministry of Homeland protection called the “temporary” program known under the abbreviation CHNV and explained that there was no “admission to the USA”. Organizations that support migrants in entering the United States called for those affected to look for legal assistance.
Critics warned of chaos that could be triggered by the decision of the Trump government. The migration lawyer Nicolette Glazer wrote in the short message service X that only 75,000 of the 532,000 migrants made an asylum application. The vast majority of migrants do the deportation.
The program was introduced under the Democrat Biden at the end of 2022 and expanded in early 2023. Named after the initial letters of the English names for Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela, CHNV allowed up to 30,000 people from these four countries to enter the United States every month and initially limited to two years.
At the time, Biden described the procedure as a “safe and human path” in order to reduce the pressure from the border between Mexico and the USA. On the border, countless people from South and Central America are trying to get to the United States every year.
Before the 2024 presidential election, Trump had made an election campaign with a tough course against irregular migration – and was therefore well received by many voters. The right-wing populist Republican has promised the largest deportation campaign in US history. His approach is highly controversial. A week ago, the US government pushed more than 200 Venezuelans – alleged members of a gait – for detention to El Salvador.
In the dispute, Venezuela announced on Saturday that it now wanted to accept deportation fees from the United States. A corresponding agreement was reached with Washington “to ensure the return of our compatriots while maintaining their human rights,” said chief negotiator Jorge Rodríguez.
In his part, Trump had contested the deportations to El Salvador himself on Friday. “I don’t know when it was signed because I didn’t sign it,” said the president in front of reporters. “Other people took care of it.”
Trump referred to his foreign minister: “Marco Rubio did a great job.” Rubio “wanted to” have “the Venezolans and we agree with that,” said the president. A federal judge had actually prohibited the deportations based on a law against “foreign enemies” from 1798.
Trump has initiated radical changes of politics since taking office in January with numerous decisions in internal and foreign policy. The president also breaks with many US traditions – including dealing with political opponents.
On Friday, as announced, he withdrawn his predecessor Biden the security approval for secret documents. Bidens at the time is also affected by Vice President Kamala Harris, who was inferior to Trump as a candidate in the presidential election last November. Bidens of then Foreign Minister Antony, ex-security advisor Jake Sullivan, former Foreign Minister and Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton and Trump’s internal party critic Liz Cheney are also losing their security releases.
The security approval enables former US presidents and government officials to gain access to secret government and military documents even after their departure from office. Biden had withdrawn the security approval in 2021. He justified this with the “erratic behavior” of the president elected after his first term before and after the attack of Trump supporters on the US capitol on January 6, 2021.
