SLP, Mexico.- Cuban American congresswoman María Elvira Salazar He urged to the Department of National Security (DHS) to protect from deportation to Cubans, Venezuelans, Nicaraguans and Haitians without criminal history and pending cases.
In one letter Aimed at the Interim Secretary of National Security, Benjamine Huffman, expressed concern about “the way in which the new orientation can affect people in Miami.”
“As you know, on Monday, January 20, President Trump ended program previously known as processes for Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans and Venezuelans (CHNV). Following this, yesterday’s orientation expands accelerated expulsion against these populations. Since many of these individuals currently reside in Miami, there are open questions about how exactly this will be implemented, ”he wrote.
In his letter he defended that people must enjoy procedural guarantees and urged the authorities to ensure that all Cubans with parole -In the framework of the CHNV program-, eligible for or with pending applications of the Cuban adjustment law, they are protected from deportation until their cases are completely resolved.
“In addition, the Venezuelans, Nicaraguans and Haitians who arrived under the program CHNVwho have no criminal record, and have requested asylum through the appropriate legal channels, must also be protected until their cases are resolved, ”he said.
He also argued that although former president Joe Biden originally created this new program On “doubtful legal” bases, people enrolled in the programs offered to them. “Therefore, I think they must have the possibility of seeing their requests to rectify their legal situation,” he concluded.
The Donald Trump administration has granted the Customs Immigration and Control Agency (ICE). parole humanitarian and the CBP One application.
An internal memorandum obtained by The New York Timessigned on Thursday night by the interim chief of the National Security Department exhibits that the ICE authorities may expel migrants who were part of two key initiatives of the Joe Biden administration.
The memorandum describes that ICE agents can “end” deportation cases in process and transfer them to an even more accelerated process. In addition, the right to withdraw the status of parole (temporary residence) who received it under the initiatives of the Biden Administration, including Cubans and citizens of other countries.
