- The end of a humanitarian parole program could affect thousands of Utah immigrants.
- The programs, benefitting 532,000 people across the country from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela, would end April 24 per a Trump administration proposal.
- The draft order says the initiatives haven’t had their intended impact and don’t fit with Trump’s immigration policies and strategies.
SALT LAKE CITY — Another pocket of immigrants from Venezuela and three other countries face an uncertain future in Utah and the rest of the United States with the looming end of a humanitarian parole program.
Nationally, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security decision is expected to impact up to 532,000 people from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela who have come under the program’s parameters since its launch under President Joe Biden on Oct. 12, 2022. The revocation of the county parole programs stems from the executive order signed by President Donald Trump on Jan. 20, calling for more action to halt illegal immigration.
The decision to end the Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela programs by Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, set to be published Tuesday in the Federal Register and take effect on April 24, could impact “thousands” across Utah, estimates Carlos Trujillo. He’s an immigration attorney based in South Jordan. “It’s a good number of people that are here in Utah with the humanitarian parole. Specifically, people from Venezuela and people from Nicaragua are the most that you’re going to find here in Utah,” he said…