President Trump will revoke the legal status of hundreds of thousands given protected status by the Biden administration.
Under proposals being considered, Trump would terminate a Biden administration program that allowed 530,000 Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans and Venezuelans to fly into the US with the backing of a sponsor.
The CHNV program, as it is known, was supposed to discourage illegal immigration from these countries by offering a legal route into the country.
Trump froze the program within hours of taking office.
According to CBS, “Trump officials have specifically argued the program was a misuse of immigration parole, the legal authority which the Biden administration used to admit those under the sponsorship initiative, and to allow them to apply for work permits.”
The revocation may not automatically result in the deportation of all migrants who entered the US under the CHNV program, because some may have applied for other forms of legal status, such as visas or green cards.
As Breitbart News reported, the total figure imported under parole programs like CHNV is probably closer to 1.5 million.
Over 7,000 illegal migrants have been arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement since Donald Trump took office less than two weeks ago.
According to a post on X by ICE, 7,260 illegal migrants had been arrested as at Friday.
The agency has also lodged 5,763 “detainer” requests with local authorities, asking for migrants to be handed over for deportation.
ICE raids have focused on sanctuary cities like New York, Chicago and Boston.
Targets have included rapists, pedophiles and gang members, including members of the notorious Tren de Aragua and MS-13 gangs.
Border Czar Tom Homan, who has promised the number of arrests will increase, has said the first raids were intended to target the most dangerous illegals at large in the US.
On Friday, White House Press Secretary announced that Guantanamo Bay would be opening to “full capacity” to provide extra detention for criminal illegal immigrants.