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Homeland Security revokes temporary status for 532,000 Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans and Venezuelans

By GISELA SALOMON
Updated 7:13 PM CDT, March 21, 2025

MIAMI (AP) — The Department of Homeland Security said Friday that it will revoke legal protections for hundreds of thousands of Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans and Venezuelans, setting them up for potential deportation in about a month.

The order applies to about 532,000 people from the four countries who came to the United States since October 2022. They arrived with financial sponsors and were given two-year permits to live and work in the U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said they will lose their legal status on April 24, or 30 days after the publication of the notice in the Federal Register.

The new policy impacts people who are already in the U.S. and who came under the humanitarian parole program. It follows an earlier Trump administration decision to end what it called the “broad abuse” of the humanitarian parole, a long-standing legal tool presidents have used to allow people from countries where there’s war or political instability to enter and temporarily live in the U.S.

During his campaign President Donald Trump promised to deport millions of people who are in the U.S. illegally, and as president he has been also ending legal pathways for immigrants to come to the U.S. and to stay. ...

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Trump revokes security clearance for Harris, Clinton and others

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The US president also confirmed he was revoking the security clearance of Joe Biden and "any other member" of the Biden family.
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'We will rescue anyone': BBC accompanies Syria's White Helmets after deadly attacks

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The BBC accompanies the civil defence group as they respond to violence in Syria's coastal region.
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Flights resume at London Heathrow after daylong closure sparked travel chaos

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
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Heathrow Airport says it is “fully operational” on Saturday, after an almost daylong closure sparked by an electrical substation fire
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Trump admin pulling legal status for more than 530K migrants

  • News source: FOX News
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The Trump administration will revoke the temporary legal status of more than half a million migrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela who entered the U.S. legally, according to a notice posted Friday in the Federal Register.

The roughly 532,000 migrants have been told to leave the country before their humanitarian parole and accompanying work permits are canceled on April 24, giving them a month from when the notice is formally published on March 25.

The migrants were allowed to fly directly to the U.S. after applying from abroad under a...
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'It was like I was mugged' - Foreman reflects on Rumble in the Jungle

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The heavyweight champion, who has died at the age of 76, says "he went with two titles belts and came home with none."
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DeSantis says Florida returned $878M in taxpayer funds to federal government after meeting with Musk, DOGE

  • News source: FOX News
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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, a Republican, said Friday that the state was returning more than $878 million to the federal government that it had been attempting to give back for the past few years during the Biden administration.

DeSantis' office informed the U.S. Treasury Department that $878,112,000 would be returned to the federal government.

The governor said the move came after a meeting with billionaire Elon Musk and his team at the newly formed Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE.

"For years, Florida has been trying to return federal...
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George Foreman's life in pictures

  • News source: BBC News - World
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A look back at the life of American boxing heavyweight legend George Foreman, who has died aged 76.
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Israel's Supreme Court freezes PM's order to sack security chief

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Benjamin Netanyahu cited Shin Bet's failure to anticipate the 7 October attack - but the move sparked outrage and protests.
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Why earthquake predictions are usually wrong

  • News source: BBC News - World
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On social media a self-proclaimed earthquake predictor says he can forecast big shakes, but experts say it's pure luck.
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Trump revokes access to classified material for Kamala Harris, Hillary Clinton and Biden officials

  • News source: Nnamdi Egwuonwu | NBC News
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President Donald Trump in a Friday night memo rescinded any existing security clearances and access to classified information for former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, former Vice President Kamala Harris and various other officials, NBC News reported.

"I have determined that it is no longer in the national interest for the following individuals to access classified information," the executive memo reads. "I hereby direct every executive department and agency head to take all additional action as necessary and consistent with existing law to...
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Researchers say US government tried to erase sexual orientation from findings

  • News source: Carla K. Johnson | The Associated Press
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Two California researchers said Friday that a U.S. government health publication instructed them to remove data on sexual orientation from a scientific manuscript that had been accepted for publication.

The researchers also said they were told to remove the words “gender,” “cisgender” and “equitable" from their paper, which looked at smoking among rural young adults.

The reason given for the changes was to comply with an executive order from President Donald Trump, researchers Tamar Antin and Rachelle Annechino said in a blog post where they...
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Acting Social Security chief now says he won't shut down agency after DOGE ruling

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
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A federal judge blocked the agency from granting personnel affiliated with DOGE access to agency systems containing personally identifiable information.
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Trump revokes security clearances of Kamala Harris, Hillary Clinton

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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President Trump on Friday night rescinded the security clearances of former Vice President Kamala Harris, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, several members of the Biden administration, and other prominent Democrats.

The move comes after Mr. Trump had already announced last month that he was revoking former President Joe Biden's security clearance. In a memo Friday, the president said he was also rescinding the security clearances of the entire Biden family.

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Boxing heavyweight champ George Foreman dies at 76

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
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Former heavyweight boxing champion George Foreman, known as much for his gregarious personality as his vicious right hook, died Friday. He was 76 years old.
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Israel orders expansion of ground operation in Gaza, seizure of more territory

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
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The Israel Defense Forces have been instructed to seize more territory in Gaza -- while evacuating Palestinians -- as it expands its ground operation.
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