The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) plans to terminate parole programs for an estimated 530,000 Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans, and Venezuelans (CHNV) in the United States and their immediate family members that DHS announced in 2022 and 2023.
An advance copy of the notice sets the date of termination of the CHNV programs as of the date of publication in the Federal Register, scheduled for March 25, 2025, and the date of the temporary parole period for eligible individuals at 30 days after publication. “Parolees without a lawful basis to remain in the United States following this termination of the CHNV parole programs must depart the United States before their parole termination date,” the notice states.
“Paroled aliens, including those paroled under the CHNV parole programs, may apply for any immigration benefit or status for which they may be eligible, including discretionary employment authorization under the [8 CFR 274a.12(c)(11)] employment eligibility category,” the notice says, adding that “the Secretary retains discretion to continue to extend parole to any alien paroled under CHNV—temporarily under such conditions as she may prescribe only on a case-by-case basis for urgent humanitarian reasons or significant public benefit.”