Lawyers say they’re expecting a ruling soon in a case that could end a Biden administration program that allows migrants from some countries to come to the U.S. on a temporary, emergency basis.
The program lets vetted migrants from Haiti, Venezuela, Nicaragua and Cuba come to the U.S. for two years on what’s called humanitarian parole, they can also apply for a work permit.
Migrants must apply, have a U.S. sponsor and the money to fly here. A group of GOP-led states sued to stop the program earlier this year.
Monika Langarica, senior staff attorney at the UCLA Center for Immigration Law and Policy , is an attorney representing a group of sponsors who are intervening in the case to try to keep the program in place.
"The data really shows that the CHNV, this parole program for people from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela, has reduced the migration of people from those four countries," she said.
The case went to trial in August — and the states argued continuing the program could harm their states financially. Langarica argues it's the latest in a long legacy of similar parole programs and should be kept going as one of the few legal pathways for migrants now.
