US President Donald Trump has abolished the legal status that allowed 530,000 Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuelan citizens to stay in the country legally. This decision applies to CHNV launched by former President Joe Biden. About it reports Reuters.
The CHNV program was created in 2022, first for Venezuela's citizens, and subsequently expanded to Cubans, Haitians and Nicaraaguans, in response to a high level of illegal migration from Latin America. The program provided a two -year "password" that allowed migrants to enter the US with air in the presence of sponsors in the country.
The relevant decree will come into force on April 24, terminating the program. The abolition of legal status means that hundreds of thousands of people may lose the possibility of legal stay in the United States.
In addition, Trump stated that in the near future he would make a decision on the legal status of about 240,000 Ukrainians who went to the United States because of the war. According to media reports, the administration plans to withdraw this status in April.
This decision has already been criticized by human rights activists and migrant communities that believe that the cancellation of the program can lead to a humanitarian crisis for hundreds of thousands of people who seek safety and better living conditions in the United States.
