The U.S. currently is not expanding humanitarian parole for people from Colombia, Guatemala, Honduras or El Salvador, despite claims in a viral TikTok video.
U.S. officials suspect that many more migrants will arrive at the border now that; the public health policy limited people’s ability to apply for asylum for three years, since the COVID-19 pandemic’s onset in March 2020.
"The U.S. will extend humanitarian parole to more countries. Humanitarian parole already exists for Venezuela, Haiti, Cuba, Ukraine and Nicaragua," the man in the video said."Colombia, Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador will be added to this." The TikTok account, soyfbo, has more than 100,000 followers, and this video has more than 500,000 views. However, the video is incorrect; it refers to two different parole programs, and neither will start accepting citizens from Colombia, Guatemala, Honduras or El Salvador.In April 2022, in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the U.S. started the
Both humanitarian parole programs allow people to live and work in the U.S. for two years. To qualify, migrants need a sponsor in the U.S. People allowed in through these programs are not coming in with visas, as the video claims. It’s unclear what the beneficiaries’ status will be after the two-year period.In April, President Joe Biden’s administrationnew programs that will admit relatives of U.S. citizens and legal permanent residents.
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