The U.S. Department of Homeland Security ended a Biden-era humanitarian parole program that allowed people under threat to live and work legally in the United States.
The program admitted more than half a million people to the U.S. including a group of French-speaking Haitian immigrants in eastern Wisconsin. Last week, they received a notification, sent to them in English, encouraging them to self-deport immediately.
“What people have to understand is the people that are here, the immigrants that are here in our community … came here legally,” local immigration attorney Marc Christopher told WPR’s “Wisconsin Today
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The program admitted more than half a million people to the U.S. including a group of French-speaking Haitian immigrants in eastern Wisconsin. Last week, they received a notification, sent to them in English, encouraging them to self-deport immediately.
“What people have to understand is the people that are here, the immigrants that are here in our community … came here legally,” local immigration attorney Marc Christopher told WPR’s “Wisconsin Today
Haitian immigrants in Wisconsin lose legal status, encouraged to self-deport immediately
Roughly 300 Haitians arrived in eastern Wisconsin under a Biden-era humanitarian parole program. Last week the federal government ended that program. Now community activists say their options for staying in the country legally are limited.
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