(Reuters) – U.S. Department of Homeland Security officials have issued an order amounting to a suspension of several programs that allow immigrants to temporarily settle in the United States. new york times (NYSE:) reported on Friday.
The order calls for an immediate end to “final decisions” on certain visa applications, pending review by the Trump administration as to whether to permanently discontinue the program, according to the Times. This was reported in an email sent by a top executive.
The program offers the possibility of entry for large numbers of migrants from a variety of countries, including war-torn Ukraine and countries facing political turmoil and extreme poverty.
On his first day in office Monday, President Donald Trump issued a series of executive orders aimed at deterring illegal immigration and positioning the United States to deport millions of immigrants without legal status.
The Trump administration is working to ramp up immigration enforcement, targeting immigrants who entered the country through Biden-era programs and opaque efforts to make it easier for state and local law enforcement agents to arrest and detain them. This increases the possibility of invoking new immigration laws. Illegal in America.
The ended program allowed migrants waiting in Mexico to make an appointment to apply for asylum at the time of their legal border crossing. The other allowed Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans, and Venezuelans from outside the United States to enter by air if they had a U.S. sponsor and were vetted.
