US will not renew legal status for hundreds of thousands of migrants
People hold posters as they walk around 26 Federal Plaza immigration court building during a rally, to show solidarity with the countless individuals affected by deportation, March 9, 2017 in New York.
The Biden administration will not renew a temporary humanitarian entry programme for hundreds of thousands of migrants with US sponsors who arrived in recent years, the US Department of Homeland Security said on Friday.
Some 530,000 migrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela have entered the US by air since October 2022 and received two-year grants under the "parole" programme that will begin to expire in coming weeks.
