With this decision, the current White House administration is ending the so-called “humanitarian parole” granted during Joe Biden’s term to these individuals so they could enter the country legally and remain here for a maximum period of two years.

Biden’s “parole” is a program that attempted to curb irregular migration to the United States from the aforementioned countries, and the recently announced provision will place hundreds of thousands of people in an uncertain situation at the risk of eventual expedited expulsion if they do not have another legal status.

In this sense, it refers to an application for asylum or Temporary Protected Status (TPS), both of which are protections against deportation.

On Tuesday, March 25, the Federal Register will publish a notice about the program, known as CHNV (the acronym for “affected nationals”), allowing “paroled individuals without a lawful basis to remain in the United States” to leave the country before their entry authorization expires after the plan ends.

Like other orders from the president, this one could also be challenged in court by immigration attorneys, according to local media reports.

Immigrant advocates say Trump’s decision highlights a harsh reality, as it is not about deporting criminal or undocumented migrants, but goes further by stripping legal status from those who entered the United States in a regular and orderly manner.

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