The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has initiated a process of sending official non-confirmation letters to sponsors who participated in the Humanitarian Parole Program, commonly known as the Biden Program.
This program, which allowed nationals from crisis-stricken countries like Haiti, Venezuela, Cuba, and Nicaragua to legally enter the United States, has been halted by the Trump administration. A federal judge in the Boston district court is currently ruling on the Trump administration’s decision to suspend the program.
In letters obtained by CTN, USCIS states they have received the I-134A forms submitted online by sponsors. “USCIS has received Form I-134A, Online Request to be a Supporter and Declaration of Financial Support, which you submitted on behalf of the beneficiary mentioned above,” reads a letter sent to a sponsor, of which CTN received a copy. “USCIS has determined that we cannot confirm your Form I-134A because the parole program under which it was filed has been terminated,” USCIS added.
This decision also affects beneficiaries who had already been approved. “If USCIS previously sent you a notification confirming your Form I-134A with the receipt number mentioned above, that prior confirmation is revoked by this notification and is no longer valid,” USCIS informed, also sending notification to beneficiaries.
Individuals already residing in the United States under the program also received this letter from the U.S. immigration service informing them that their application had been rejected
Finally, USCIS is categorical that this decision is final: “There is no appeal available for this non-confirmation.”
Established in January 2023 by the Biden administration, this program aimed to provide a legal and temporary path of entry to the United States for people fleeing dangerous living conditions. The procedure relied on American citizens or residents willing to act as sponsors by completing Form I-134A to demonstrate their ability to financially support beneficiaries.
In recent months, legal challenges from several American states have questioned the program’s legality. The USCIS letter thus marks an abrupt and unexpected break for thousands of waiting families.
Immigration lawyers, NGOs, and members of the Haitian diaspora are already expressing their concern. Many of them denounce a reversal that risks plunging entire families into despair and insecurity, particularly in their countries of origin.
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