The administration of US President Donald Trump will end the temporary legal status of 530.000 Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans and Venezuelans in the United States, the Federal Register said. It is the latest in a series of immigration crackdowns.
The measure takes effect on April 24. It shortens the two-year "temporary permission" for migrants to enter the country by air if they have American sponsors, which was granted to them by the administration of former President Joe Biden, Hina reports.
Upon taking office, Trump accelerated the implementation of immigration policy, which includes efforts to deport a record number of illegal immigrants from the United States.
He said that legal entry programs launched under Biden exceeded legal limits and in an executive order dated January 20, called for their abolition.
On March 6, Trump said he would decide "very soon" whether to revoke that status for the approximately 240.000 Ukrainians who fled to the United States during the conflict with Russia.
The Trump administration's decision to revoke the legal status of about half a million migrants could make many targets for deportation if they choose to remain in the United States.
It remains unclear how many of those who entered the US in this way now have some other legal status.
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