Although there is still no date for the reactivation of travel authorizations for humanitarian parole, it was detected that the irregularities of the program came from the sponsors in the United States and not from the applicants.
The United States intends to resume “as soon as possible” the travel permits granted under the humanitarian parole program to Venezuelans, Nicaraguans, Haitians and Cubans, which were suspended on August 2 due to alleged irregularities.
In a statement, the Customs and Border Protection Service (CBP The U.S. Department of State said that after an investigation by the State Department, it was found that the irregularities in the program came from sponsors in the United States and not from the applicants.
Although there is still no date for the reactivation of the authorizations, “(work) is being done to resume the processing of applications as soon as possible, with the appropriate safeguards,” reads a statement shared by the border authority to which the New Herald mediumbased in Miami.
“Multi-level screening and vetting for advance travel authorizations is separate from screening of U.S.-based sponsors. DHS has not identified any issues related to screening and vetting of beneficiaries,” CBP continued in its communication.
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When fraud is identified in the humanitarian parole system, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is tasked with investigating and litigating the appropriate cases, as well as referring criminal cases to the Department of Justice.
For this reason, and out of an abundance of caution, the issuance of advance travel authorizations for new beneficiaries has been temporarily suspended while a review of support applications is conducted.
The humanitarian parole program benefits citizens of Venezuela, Cuba, Haiti and Nicaragua by providing them with legal migration routes to the United States. As of June of this year, around 494,799 Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans and Venezuelans had entered the United States under this program.
Authorities clarified that all those who entered the US with humanitarian parole are being examined.
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