The Trump administration's draft rule states that immigrants with temporary legal status will have to leave the United States before it expires.
On March 21, the US Federal Register published a draft of President Donald Trump's administration, which includes a plan to revoke "provisional lawful status," an immigration permit that allows about 530,000 Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans and Venezuelans to reside and work temporarily in the US.
The draft states that immigration benefits will expire on April 24 and those who enjoy these benefits must leave the US before that date or be determined to be residing illegally in the US.
The draft, prepared by the Department of Homeland Security, argues that the immigration program no longer provides significant benefits to the United States and is inconsistent with the foreign policy goals of the Trump administration.
The decision would end a conditional entry program passed under former President Joe Biden that allowed citizens of certain countries to temporarily reside and work in the U.S. To participate in the program, they had to be sponsored by a legal U.S. resident.
The initiative will launch in 2022 for Venezuelans and expand in 2023 to include Cubans, Haitians and Nicaraguans as part of a strategy to curb illegal migration to the United States.
According to the latest figures from the US Department of Homeland Security, about 110,000 people from Cuba, 210,000 people from Haiti, 93,000 people from Nicaragua and 117,000 people from Venezuela have entered the United States under this program.
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