The number of migrants arriving in the United States through the humanitarian parole program in November was only 50, among whom none were Cuban citizens.
According to the Customs and Border Protection (CBP), a total of 531,670 Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans and Venezuelans arrived legally in the country, where they obtained conditional freedom according to the parole programs.
The number of Cubans, however, remained the same as it had been reported in October, at 110,240.
On the other hand, authorizations fell for Cubans from 110,980 in October to 110,970 in November.
The humanitarian parole program, established in January 2023 by the Joe Biden administration to facilitate the legal entry of citizens from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela, remains practically paralyzed.
The program began to show signs of stagnation last August, when the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) reported irregularities in the handling of cases.
Since then, reviews have resulted in an almost total freeze.
Donald Trump, who will take office on January 20, has promised to eliminate the program by executive order on his first day in office.
Trump has referred to the humanitarian parole program as “ineffective, riddled with fraud and an economic burden on taxpayers.”
Immigration has been a deciding challenge of Joe Biden’s presidency, marked by a record number of asylum seekers and migrants arriving at the southern border between the United States and Mexico.
Meanwhile, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) deported 271,484 immigrants last fiscal year, marking the highest level of deportations since 2014, according to a recently published annual report cited by CNN.
Mexico was the destination with the most deportations (87,298). It was followed by Guatemala (66,435) and Honduras (45,923).
