Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump (AP Photo/Nell Redmond)
Former US President and Republican candidate for the White House, Donald Trumppromised this Wednesday that if he wins the elections will eliminate the ‘humanitarian parole’ program which grants temporary work permits for migrants from Venezuela, Cuba, Nicaragua and Haiti.
In an interview with the network Fox Newsthe Republican also said that CBP One phone app to close used by migrants to request appointments to appear at a U.S. border entry post.
“I would revoke it“said Trump, who He said CBP One is “bad” but the parole is “even worse” because it allows beneficiaries to reach the United States by plane.
Migrants walk along a road on July 21, 2024 through the municipality of Suchiate, Chiapas state, in southern Mexico, heading toward the border with the United States. (AP Photo/Edgar H. Clemente)
Even though people with parole have legal status to stay in the United States for two years, Trump said they are “illegal immigrants” who should not be in the country.
“They should prepare to leave, especially if they are criminals.“, Trump threatened if he wins the November 5 elections against the vice president and Democratic candidate, Kamala Harris.
The ‘parole’ grants entry into the United States of Up to 30,000 people from Venezuela, Cuba, Nicaragua and Haiti every monthand allows them to obtain a work permit for a period of two years.
The program, established by the Administration of Joe Biden by the end of 2022, has allowed the entry of 530,000 people.
The ‘parole’ was instituted by the Joe Biden administration at the end of 2022 (Leon Neal/Pool via REUTERS)
To apply for the permit, migrants need to have a sponsor in the United States who already has legal status and can demonstrate that they have sufficient income to financially support the beneficiary of the program.
The Biden administration designed this program, along with the implementation of new border restrictions, to try to reduce the number of undocumented migrants arriving in the United States.
Trump has put immigration at the center of his presidential election campaign and has stepped up his anti-immigrant rhetoric by spreading the lie that Haitians in a town in Ohio are eating their neighbors’ pets.
(With information from EFE)
