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On March 25, 2025, the Department of Homeland Security terminated the parole program that had allowed more than 500,000 citizens of Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela into the United States over the past two years. (See our blog dated March 26, 2025.) Under the March 25 termination, these individuals were required to depart the United States by April 24, and their work authorization would expire on April 24, regardless of the expiration date printed on their employment authorization document (EAD).
Enter U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani. On April 14, Judge Talwani issued an order staying the termination of parole for individuals from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela. Judge Talwani stayed the March 25 termination “insofar as it revokes, without case-by-case review, the previously granted parole and work authorization issued to noncitizens paroled into the United States pursuant to parole programs for noncitizens from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela (the “CHNV parole programs”) prior to the noncitizen’s originally stated parole date.” The court also stayed all individualized notices sent to CHNV parolees telling them that their parole is being revoked without case-by case review.
For now, the April 24 requirement to depart is stayed. Further, the EADs of CHNV parolees do not automatically expire on April 24. CHNV parolees may remain in the United States until their parole expires, and they may continue to work until the expiration date printed on their EAD. The Department of Homeland Security will undoubtedly seek appellate review of Judge Talwani’s order.
We will continue to monitor and keep you advised.
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