Trump administration tells immigrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela they have to leave
MIAMI (AP) — The Department of Homeland Security said Thursday that it has begun notifying hundreds of thousands of Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans and Venezuelans that their temporary permission to live and work in the United States has been revoked and that they should leave the country.
The termination notices are being sent by email to people who entered the country under the humanitarian parole program for the four countries, officials said.
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