Florida Republican Congresswoman Calls on Trump to Spare Select Immigrants Amid Deportation Plans

In a determined enchantment to the Department of Homeland Security, Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar (R-Fla.) referred to as for shielding Cuban, Haitian, Nicaraguan, and Venezuelan immigrants permitted entry below the Biden administration’s CHNV parole program.

In a letter to appearing DHS Secretary Benjamine Huffman, Salazar emphasised that Venezuelans, Haitians, Cubans, and Nicaraguans who entered the U.S. below the “humanitarian parole” program mustn’t face deportation, offered they haven’t any prison data and utilized for asylum legally.

“I strongly urge you to ensure that all Cubans paroled in under the CHNV program eligible for or with pending applications for the Cuban Adjustment Act are protected from deportation until their cases are fully resolved,” Salazar urged. She additional requested that different migrants from Venezuela, Nicaragua, and Haiti below this system obtain the identical protections.

🚨 I’m urging Homeland Safety to PROTECT Cubans awaiting authorized standing adjustment by the Cuban Adjustment Act.

We should ALSO defend the Venezuelans and Nicaraguans and not using a prison file going by the asylum course of. 🇺🇸

Don’t penalize them for Biden’s screw-ups! pic.twitter.com/WqkAQ0nhE4

— Rep. María Elvira Salazar (@RepMariaSalazar) January 24, 2025

Below the Trump administration’s stricter immigration tips, ICE has ramped up deportation efforts, with 593 arrests reported not too long ago. Critics argue that the abrupt revocation of Biden’s humanitarian parole program leaves 1000’s of migrants in limbo. Salazar argues that these migrants, whereas introduced in below questionable authorized grounds, ought to nonetheless be allowed to resolve their authorized standing by the prevailing channels.

The CHNV program, which started in January 2023, has seen over 500,000 people granted parole, however Trump has signaled his intent to revoke these protections.

Salazar was born in Miami’s Little Havana neighborhood to Cuban exiles. Due to this fact, her personal private ties could play a task in her plea to the Trump administration.