The Trump administration has sought to revoke the parole of some 532,000 Cubans, Haitians, Nicarans and Venezuelans who entered the United States as part of a humanitarian release program of the Biden era. While he moved to subject them to an accelerated deportation in force on April 24, a Federal Judge of Boston said that she Pass a protection prescription block this attempt. The order can complicate the instructions of the email, which stipulates that it does not apply to people who “otherwise obtained a lawful base to stay” in the United States.
Beckham of CBP did not immediately answer Wired questions on the question of whether the court order would have an impact on the recipients of the email.
Lauren Revere lawyer, founder and executive director of civil liberties Defense Center for non-profit, told Wired that the lack of clarity as to whether the revocation of temporary parole applies to the recipient of email probably provokes fear and confusion among many immigrants, in particular those without access to adequate legal advice.
“So many people do not have a lawyer, or their lawyer has 6,000 customers,” said Ress, who “completely overloads lawyers who often provide professional legal services to immigrants.
“Many people who are here on the status of parole do not know the nuances of immigration law, so they receive this email and they do not know if it applies to them,” explains Micheroni. “And most of them assume that it is because everything is really scary for people at the moment.”
It is also difficult to know if the email is linked to the recent efforts of the so-called Ministry of Elon Musk Government (DOGE). In an April 10 job On X, DOGE said that “CBP has identified an individual subset of 6.3K has been released in the United States since 2023 on the FBI terrorist screening center surveillance or with legal records. These words have since been interrupted with immediate effect. ”
Beckham did not immediately answer questions about the question of whether e-mail was intended for these 6,300 people, and she did not answer Wired questions about the number of people received the email.
Then, there is the question that email is an email, says Reban, adding that “it is absolutely not common” for a change in status of legal immigration to arrive by e-mail, which is generally occurring in person or by certified mail. “People would think it is a phishing email or something that is not legitimate,” says Ress. In addition, the fact that email does not seem to have been published for the first time on a government website added to questions about its authenticity.
“Normally, if the government wants to change a practice, it would first on their websites,” said Ress, adding, “but the fact that it was not on the website first and then sent in direct communication is very, very unusual.”
REGAN also notes that many immigrants have no email addresses and therefore could not receive communication in the first place.
Even for Micheroni, an American lawyer for citizens and immigration, the aggressive practices of the immigration application of the Trump administration made life less stable. E-mail has only done things worse.
“I got serious requests from my parents or other family members or friends like” What should I do if you stop answering me or if you disappear? ” Like, who do you want me to call? “, She said.
“And if the people of my life feel like this, and that’s what I do, I know a lot,” adds Micheroni. “I cannot imagine what it is for people who do not fully understand immigration law.”
