The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has begun notifying over half a million migrants that they must leave the U.S., according to a new report.
The migrants affected are from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela.
These individuals had entered the country through a parole program initiated by former President Joe Biden’s administration.
The program allowed participants to remain in the U.S. for two years and obtain work authorization, provided they had a financial sponsor within the country.
The Biden-era initiative is now being terminated following a Supreme Court decision that sided with a request from the Trump administration to end the program.
The Department of Justice had filed an emergency petition to shut it down, which the Court granted in May 2025.
Following the decision, DHS began issuing termination notices to participants.
These notices inform recipients that their parole has been revoked and that their legal authorization to work is also no longer valid.
The Biden policy was heavily criticized by Trump officials, who argued that it facilitated mass entry without sufficient vetting, per the Conservative Brief.
They claimed the program lacked proper enforcement mechanisms and posed risks to national security.
“This was never about compassion,” a DHS official stated,