He Humanitarian parole program approved by President Joe Biden’s administration in January 2023 has had, until May 2024, 100,500 Cubans authorized to travel to the United States “in a safe, orderly and legal manner,” according to data recent offers offered by Customs and Border Protection (CBP).
This figure is part of the more than 462,100 Haitians, Nicaraguans, Venezuelans and Cubans who arrived legally on commercial flights and they were granted conditional release under these processes, which grants a maximum of 30 thousand monthly visas for the benefit of these nationalities.
“Specifically, approximately 100,500 Cubans, 193,400 Haitians, 87,800 Nicaraguans and 113,400 Venezuelans were examined and authorized to travel”says the aforementioned document.
However, he clarifies that of them, approximately 98,200 Cubans, 177,100 Haitians, 80,700 Nicaraguans and 106,100 Venezuelans arrived legally and they were granted conditional release.
These numbers represent that more than seven thousand Cubans managed to enter the United States benefiting from this program, in compared to the previous month when the figure stopped at 91,000 natives of the Caribbean island.
However, The Haitian community continues to be the one with the greatest growth in the entry of its nationals to US territory thanks to the humanitarian parole.
At the beginning of this month, President Joe Biden signed a group of executive actions that prevent irregular migrants from receiving asylum in the United States after crossing the border illegally.
The White House noted in an official statement that the “actions will be in effect when the high levels of encounters of illegal migrants at the Southern Border exceed the capacity to generate timely consequences, as is the case on June 4.
They assure that the measures approved by Biden They will make it easier for immigration officials to expel those migrants who have no legal basis to stay in the United States. Another goal is to reduce the burden on Border Patrol agents.
The Biden Administration warns that Congress must still act to resolve the immigration problem on the border with Mexicobecause the actions approved by the president do not provide the personnel or funds necessary to ensure the situation.
