Venezuelans demand the U.S. end humanitarian parole
Migrant coalition accuses the U.S. of illegally ending humanitarian parole, leaving families at risk of deportation.
The Venezuelan Association of Massachusetts (VAM), along with migrants from Venezuela, Cuba, and Haiti, filed a class-action lawsuit against the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Customs and Border Protection (CBP), and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) in the District Court of Massachusetts. Backed by Democracy Forward and the Massachusetts Institute of Law Reform, the lawsuit challenges the sudden and unlawful removal of the Venezuelan immigrant from the country. parole humanitarian aid granted through the CBP One system.
The CBP One program, launched in 2023 during the Biden administration, allowed people from countries such as Venezuela, Cuba, Haiti, and Nicaragua to request an inspection appointment at ports of entry, after which they could receive a parole humanitarian and authorization to work for one or two years.
In April 2025, DHS sent mass emails informing: “It is time for you to leave the United States,” automatically revoking the parole, work permits and access to certain benefits.
The plaintiffs contend that this blanket cancellation violates the Administrative Procedure Act (Administrative Procedure Act), which requires an individualized review before revoking this type of status. According to the lawsuit, this elimination without individual evaluation has left thousands homeless, jobless, without medical care, and at immediate risk of deportation.
Key statements:
Carlina Velázquez, spokesperson for VAM, denounced: “Living legally became 'illegal' overnight. This destroys lives and communities.”
Skye Perryman, president of Democracy Forward, called the measure “the latest assault on immigrants who have complied with the system… it’s not immigration, it’s cruelty.”
Georgia Katsoulomitis of the Legal Reform Institute warned that the repeal pushes entire families into poverty.
The lawsuit requests that the parole and work permits, allowing those affected to remain in the country and preventing future mass revocations without due process.
This dispute is part of a series of immigration disputes: In January 2025, the Trump administration eliminated the CHNV (Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, Venezuela) program, which had benefited more than half a million people; and in May, the Supreme Court authorized the cancellation of legal status for hundreds of thousands of beneficiaries, without individualized resolutions.
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