In a move that says “new sheriff in town,” DHS is letting ICE officials revisit the parole status of immigrants that were granted entry.
A new memo from acting Secretary Benjamine Huffman gave ICE another green light.
They can now fast-track removals of those in the U.S. for under two year.
Oh, and if you thought parole was safe from scrutiny, think again.
ICE now has the power to decide if it’s time to pull the plug.
President Trump’s Administration is definitely taking this issue serious.
Acting Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Benjamine Huffman issued a directive on Thursday authorizing more federal law enforcement officers to locate and arrest illegal immigrants in the United States. pic.twitter.com/QdR5MAaaze
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Fox News reports:
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is allowing Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials to review the parole status of migrants who were brought in under a dramatic expansion of humanitarian parole by the Biden administration, opening the door for their quick removal from the country.
In an internal memo signed Thursday, and obtained by Fox News Digital, acting DHS Secretary Benjamine Huffman noted moves he made this week to take limits off expedited removal, which allows for the rapid removal of recently-arrived migrants if they do not claim asylum or fail to meet an initial standard. The power can now be used anywhere in the U.S. for migrants in the U.S. for less than two years.
The new memo says that with those expanded powers, any immigrant whom DHS knows who could be put on expedited removal, but has not, should have their case reviewed and “consider, in exercising your enforcement discretion, whether to apply expedited removal.” The memo was first reported by The New York Times.
“This may include steps to terminate any ongoing removal proceeding and/or any active parole status,” it says.
It also says that for any immigrant who has been granted parole under a policy paused, modified or terminated by the Trump administration, officers can decide whether they should be placed in removal proceedings and “review the alien’s parole status to determine, in exercising your enforcement discretion, whether parole remains appropriate in light of any changed legal or factual status.”
The memo also notes that parole is a “positive exercise of enforcement discretion to which no alien is entitled and that parole ‘shall not be regarded as an admission of the alien.’”
This would mean that migrants who were granted parole at ports of entry after making an appointment via the CBP One app, or who were given travel authorization to be paroled under the parole processes for Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans and Venezuelans (CHNV), could be eligible for removal. The administration also launched parole programs for nationals from Ukraine and Afghanistan.
On President Trumps order, 1000's of law enforcement officers have been handed expanded power to arrest illegals per DHS. This includes US Marshalls, Federal Prison Cops, ATF & DEA. LFG 👏
They can run but they can't hide.
America is back! 🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/lZWYxovdMp— ♥️🇺🇸 𝓒𝓪𝓽𝓲𝓪 🇮🇹♥️ (@CB618444) January 24, 2025
It’s great to see ‘ICE’ expanding like this, and it’s only the first week!
DHS authorizes federal law enforcement to implement Trump's immigration policies https://t.co/tgzMesr5cL
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