LatinNews Daily - 23 June 2025

Venezuela/Region: On 12 June the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced that it had begun “sending termination notices” to migrants from Venezuela, Cuba, Haiti, and Nicaragua who entered the US under a parole programme established by the previous administration led by former president Joe Biden (2021-2025). According to the DHS, both the parole status and any related employment authorisation are being revoked. Migrants who have not secured “lawful status” are being instructed to leave the country immediately. To encourage voluntary departure, DHS is offering access to travel assistance and a US$1,000 exit bonus upon arrival in their home country, provided the migrants use the Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Home Mobile App to self-deport. The move follows a ruling on 30 May by the US supreme court that upheld President Donald Trump’s decision to cancel the humanitarian parole programme. That same day, Venezuelan opposition leader Henrique Capriles Radonski publicly expressed concern about the court order, warning it could leave thousands of migrants vulnerable. The programme had provided a legal pathway for nationals from the four countries with US-based sponsors to enter and work in the US on a temporary basis. Its termination has sparked fears regarding the impact on the livelihoods of more than half a million migrants affected. In a dissenting opinion, US Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson criticised the impact of the decision, while acknowledging that the temporary order was unlikely to be reversed.

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