DHS Issues Notices of Termination for the CHNV Parole Program, Encourages Parolees to Self-Deport Immediately
Release Date: June 12, 2025
WASHINGTON – “Today, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) began sending termination notices to aliens paroled into the United States (U.S.) under a Biden-era parole program for Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans, and Venezuelans (CHNV).
The messages informed the illegal aliens both their parole is terminated, and their parole-based employment authorization is revoked – effective immediately. These notices will be sent to the email addresses provided by the parolees.
“The Biden Administration lied to America. They allowed more than half a million poorly vetted aliens from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela and their immediate family members to enter the United States through these disastrous parole programs; granted them opportunities to compete for American jobs and undercut American workers; forced career civil servants to promote the programs even when fraud was identified; and then blamed Republicans in Congress for the chaos that ensued and the crime that followed,” said Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin. “Ending the CHNV parole programs, as well as the paroles of those who exploited it, will be a necessary return to common-sense policies, a return to public safety, and a return to America First.”
Starting in 2022, the Biden administration released over 500,000 poorly vetted aliens into the U.S. under the CHNV parole program. President Trump canceled this program, and the Supreme Court upheld this cancellation on May 30, 2025. DHS is now notifying parole recipients if they have not obtained lawful status to remain in the U.S., they must leave immediately.
DHS encourages any illegal alien residing in the U.S. to self-deport with the CBP Home Mobile App. If they do so, they will receive travel assistance and a $1,000 exit bonus upon arrival in their home country.”
New “Status Change Report” for E-Verify Users Following Parole Termination and EAD Revocation
June 20, 2025
“The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is revoking Employment Authorization Documents (EADs) for certain aliens whose parole has been terminated. These revocations may be on a case-by-case basis or may be for groups, such as aliens paroled through the Processes for Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans, and Venezuelans (CHNV). Your organization may have one or more employees whose EAD was recently revoked by DHS. E-Verify developed a new report to help you identify if any of your E-Verify cases was created with an EAD that has been revoked.”
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Propose Rule Change to Make DACA Recipients Ineligible for Several Benefits, Including Health Care Coverage
In March 2025, The Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services published a Proposed Rule to change public benefit requirements for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (“DACA”) recipients. Under the Proposed Rule, DACA recipients would no longer be considered “lawfully present” in the United States, making them ineligible for a Qualified Health Plan through the Marketplace, premium tax credits, and other related health benefits. The Trump Administration will need to publish a Final Rule addressing comments to the Proposed Rule before the regulation changes become effective.
Update on Executive Order Banning Birthright Citizenship for Children of Certain Noncitizens
On May 15, 2025, the Supreme Court will hear emergency oral arguments regarding the Trump Administration’s Executive Order ending birthright citizenship for US-born children of certain noncitizen parents. Federal district courts across the US have blocked the Executive Order’s enforcement since before it became active, with one judge declaring the Order “blatantly unconstitutional” based on the 14th Amendment’s guarantee of birthright citizenship. In response, the Trump Administration filed an emergency application with the Supreme Court, challenging the district courts’ decisions and arguing that the lower courts should not have imposed nationwide bans on the Order.
Humanitarian Parole Programs and Related Work Authorization Remain Valid for Citizens of Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela, Pending Further Litigation
On April 14, 2025, USCIS released a statement on their website confirming that the Humanitarian Parole Programs for citizens of Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela (“CHNV”) remain valid, pending further litigation. For now, individuals granted parole under the program continue to have permission to stay in the US, and those issued an Employment Authorization Document (“EAD”) pursuant to the program (typically with code (c)(11)) continue to have valid work permission.
For background, on March 25, 2025 the Trump Administration published a Notice in the Federal Register that terminated the CHNV Humanitarian Parole Program, and USCIS issued parole termination notices to affected noncitizens. Individuals then filed lawsuits in federal district court fighting the termination, and on April 14, 2025 a judge issued a preliminary injunction to stay the order until the lawsuit could progress further.
TPS Venezuela 2023 EADs Remain Valid under Court Order
On March 31, 2025, a federal district court judge postponed the Trump Administration’s plan to vacate the Biden Administration’s extension and redesignation of Temporary Protected Status (“TPS”) for about 350,000 Venezuelans. These Venezuelans were granted TPS under a second Venezuela designation in 2023; the first designation from 2021 remains active but unaffected by litigation of the 2023 designation. If the Trump Administration’s vacatur had been successful, Venezuelans with the 2023 TPS designation would have lost their work authorization on April 2, 2025.
Since the judge postponed the vacatur, Venezuelans holding an Employment Authorization Document (“EAD”) with code (a)(12) or (c)(19), and an expiration date of 09/10/2025, 04/02/2025, 03/10/2024, or 09/02/2022 will have valid work authorization through April 2, 2026, pending further court action.
DHS Begins Screening Noncitizens’ Social Media Activity for “Anti-Semitism”
On April 9, 2025, USCIS announced that they would start screening noncitizens’ social media accounts for what they characterized as “antisemitic activity” and would use this information as grounds for denying immigration cases. USCIS stated that this policy change would immediately impact noncitizens applying for permanent residency, foreign students, and noncitizens affiliated with educational institutions “linked to antisemitic activity.” USCIS published on its website that they “will consider social media content that indicates an alien endorsing, espousing, promoting, or supporting antisemitic terrorism, antisemitic terrorist organizations, or other antisemitic activity as a negative factor in any USCIS discretionary analysis when adjudicating immigration benefit requests.” This policy change is connected to the Trump Administration’s targeting of pro-Palestinian protestors and severely risks censoring individuals in violation of their first amendment right to free speech.
Visa Bulletin - May 2025
The Department of State publishes a monthly Visa Bulletin which identifies all immigrant visa “preference” categories and indicates whether a backlog exists for each one. The categories are separated into two charts: a “Final Action” chart and a “Dates for Filing” chart for both family and employment-based immigration.
USCIS determined that the Final Action Dates chart must be used in May 2025. EB-2 and EB-3 preference categories remain backlogged for all countries, which means that individuals in these categories may not file Form I-485 applications until their priority dates become “current.” A priority date is current when it is earlier than the date listed in the Visa Bulletin.
In the May 2025 Visa Bulletin, the State Department advanced Final Action Dates for Indian nationals in the 3rd and Other Workers employment-based categories by two weeks. There were no other advancements in the employment-based preference categories.
Link: Visa Bulletin For May 2025
If you have questions about planning, please schedule a consultation with one of the attorneys at Iandoli, Desai & Cronin (info@iandoli.com).
Cap Season Update
We are now in the middle of the H-1B petition filing period for beneficiaries who were selected in the FY2026 H-1B cap lottery at the end of March. Employers have until June 30, 2025 to file H-1B petitions for their employees who were selected in the lottery. If USCIS does not receive the maximum 85,000 H-1B cap petitions by June 30, 2025, then they may run a second lottery to fill the remaining spaces.
Reminder: New USCIS Registration Requirement for Noncitizens who Turn Fourteen Years Old While in the United States
USCIS now requires registration of all noncitizens (including Legal Permanent Residents) 14 years old or older “who were not fingerprinted or registered when applying for a U.S. visa and who remain in the United States for 30 days or longer.” Most noncitizens with valid immigration status were already registered as part of the visa interview and I-94 issuance process. Noncitizens under the age of fourteen upon last entry were likely also already registered, but the new USCIS guidance requires them to “re-register” within 30 days after their fourteenth birthday.
You may use this publication from the American Immigration Lawyers Association to preliminarily assess whether you or a family members needs to register or re-register under USCIS’s new requirement. Note that this document does not serve as legal advice; please consult an immigration attorney if you believe you need to register or re-register.
Nonimmigrants may submit their registration online via Form G-325R. Once a noncitizen registers, USCIS will issue them evidence of their registration. Noncitizens must then carry this evidence with them at all times.
Failure to register could result in fines, imprisonment, or other penalties. However, registration of undocumented noncitizens would alert USCIS to the noncitizen’s presence in the United States. Please contact an immigration attorney if you have concerns about undocumented individuals registering.