Former President Donald Trump announced that he will terminate the humanitarian parole program introduced by the Biden administration in January 2023 if he wins the November elections. According to Fox News journalist Bill Melugin, Trump stated that he would immediately discontinue the CBP One mobile application and the CHNV migrant flight program, which stands for humanitarian parole for Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans, and Venezuelans.
"He also plans to revoke the humanitarian parole granted to the 1.3 million migrants who have already been allowed to enter the United States through these Biden-era programs," Melugin reported. "Trump's message to those migrants is 'prepare to leave,'" he added on his Twitter account.
Melugin noted that when he asked Vice President Kamala Harris's campaign whether she would retain the controversial parole programs if elected, he received no direct response. Instead, he was sent a statement highlighting Harris's experience as a prosecutor and her support for a bipartisan border security agreement.
"That bill would have ended the CBP One mobile application parole but maintained the CHNV migrant flight program," Melugin pointed out. "Between 70,000 and 80,000 immigrants can legally enter the United States each month through the combined Biden programs. They are not counted in Border Patrol statistics because they are not illegal crossings and bypass Border Patrol entirely," he detailed.
Trump's Plan for Mass Deportations
In May, Trump declared that if he is re-elected, he would execute the largest deportation operation in U.S. history. In an interview with Time magazine, he stressed the need to address what he perceives as "an unsustainable immigration crisis for the country," utilizing law enforcement, the military, and potentially creating detention camps for immigrants.
"We have no other choice," Trump asserted. "There could be 15 million or even 20 million by the time Biden leaves office. Twenty million people, many of them from prisons, many from jails, many from mental institutions," he added.
The billionaire enjoys the backing of the Republican Party, which approved an electoral platform in July that includes the largest migrant deportation in U.S. history if their candidate wins the presidential election.