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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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A life searching rows of unclaimed bodies for disappeared brothers and sons

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Women across generations in Pakistan's Balochistan are demanding answers about the missing men in their lives.
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The man with a mind-reading chip in his brain - thanks to Elon Musk

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Noland Arbaugh tells the BBC how being the first Neuralink patient has changed his life.
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Venezuela to resume repatriation of migrants after deal with US, official says

  • News source: The Associated Press
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Venezuela will once again accept repatriation flights from the United States carrying its deported nationals after reaching an agreement with the U.S., a Venezuelan official said on social media Saturday.

Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro suspended flights on March 8, after the U.S. Treasury Department announced the withdrawal of Chevron’s license to export Venezuelan oil.

“We have agreed with the U.S. government to resume the repatriation of Venezuelan migrants with an initial flight tomorrow, Sunday,” said Jorge Rodríguez, president of...
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Former US Attorney found dead in Virginia

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
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Former U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia Jessica Aber was found dead Saturday morning, in Alexandria, Virginia, according to police.
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Trump envoy dismisses Starmer plan for Ukraine

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Steve Witkoff says the UK plans for an international force to support a ceasefire are a "posture".
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Earrings worth $769,500 recovered by Florida police after alleged thief swallows them

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The man allegedly swallowed two pairs of earrings worth $769,500 (£597,000) hoping to avoid being charged with theft.
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Trump revokes status of 530,000 Latin Americans

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Certain migrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela will lose their deportation shield.
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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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When will Social Security payment, direct deposit changes go into effect?

  • News source: NBC Chicago Staff
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Those seeking to begin or change direct deposit payment plans with the Social Security Administration will soon see big changes to those processes.

Those changes will take effect in coming weeks as part of a series of moves the SSA says are aimed at reducing fraud and streamlining processes for millions of Americans.

Here’s what to know.

According to the Social Security Administration, tighter identity-proofing measures will be implemented in coming weeks.

Officials say those changes will require recipients and applicants to either use the...
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Moment police chase ends in four car pile-up in Paris

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Thirteen people - 10 of them police officers - have been injured after a car chase in the French capital.
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Social Security chief backs down on threat to shut down agency after DOGE ruling

  • News source: Nnamdi Egwuonwu, Chloe Atkins and Gary Grumbach |
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Acting Social Security Commissioner Leland Dudek is backing down on a threat to cease operations at the agency after a federal judge blocked staffers at Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency from accessing sensitive data housed at the agency.

Dudek’s reversal comes after U.S. District Judge Ellen Hollander on Thursday granted a request by several union groups seeking to stop “DOGE affiliates” from accessing the personal and private data of millions of Americans, including their Social Security numbers, medical records, birth and marriage...
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IRS close to finalizing data-sharing agreement with ICE, sources say

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
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The IRS is nearing an agreement with ICE that would allow immigration officials to use tax data for deportations, two sources familiar with the matter told ABC News.
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Trump suggests US could join British Commonwealth if offered by King Charles

  • News source: FOX News
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President Trump said Friday he liked the idea of the United States joining the British Commonwealth after a report claimed King Charles III would make an offer.

"I love King Charles," Trump wrote on Truth Social Friday morning while linking to an article citing a Daily Mail report that said the monarch would secretly offer the U.S. associate membership in the Commonwealth during Trump's second state visit to Britain. "Sounds good to me!"

Trump also reposted the same report about the king’s "secret" offer of membership late Saturday morning.

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Protesters in Turkey rally 'for justice' after mayor's arrest

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Protesters have taken to the streets for a fourth night after Istanbul's mayor Ekrem Imamoglu was detained.
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Putin said he prayed for ‘his friend' Trump after 2024 assassination attempt, U.S. envoy says

  • News source: Mirna Alsharif and Dan De Luce | NBC News
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Russian President Vladimir Putin said he prayed for “his friend” Donald Trump after an assassin’s bullet grazed the then-presidential candidate’s ear last year, U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff said in an interview Friday.

Appearing on Tucker Carlson’s podcast, Witkoff praised Putin’s willingness to discuss how to end the war in Ukraine and said it was “preposterous” to say that Russia had designs on eventually attacking other countries in Europe.

Witkoff, who has met with Putin twice, said during his second visit to Moscow the Russian president’s...
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