Scammers will keep targeting migrants unless feds fix parole rule | Opinion
Marcos Marzo, second left, talks with his friends who came to say goodbye upon receiving the news that he obtained a permit to travel to the United States from Havana, Cuba, Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2023. A close relative told Marzo on Jan. 21 that he had applied online to sponsor his trip to Florida as required by the new parole program for Cuban migrants set up by the Biden administration. The next day the sponsorship had been confirmed and the day after that it was approved.
While the federal government should continue the parole program, it also needs to clean up sponsorship requirements to forbid potential sponsors from demanding payment from migrants. Financial sponsors must be U.S. citizens or legal permanent residents. They are often applicants’ relatives, but they don’t have to be. Recent reporting from The Associated Press and NBC News found that
Why would people trust a stranger online and transfer money blindly? Families facing hyperinflation, violence or political chaos at home are reaching for any lifeline they can find. Many of these families have relatives in the U.S., but those relatives may not have the legal status or means to be a financial sponsor on paper.
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