DHS Terminates Family Reunification Parole Programs

On December 12, 2025, DHS announced that it terminated all categorical family reunification parole programs for nationals of Colombia, Cuba, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, and Honduras. DHS will now only grant parole on a case-by-case basis. DHS’s procedure for terminating the programs is outlined in the Federal Register, available here. See USCIS’s announcement here.