Trump to revoke legal status for 530,000 migrants as he prepares to make decision on whether to deport Ukrainian refugees ‘pretty soon’

The president is planning on stripping the legal status of 530,000 migrants in the US as he debates deporting Ukrainian refugees next.

Donald Trump is continuing his aggressive crackdown on immigration in the US by planning to revoke the temporary legal status of hundreds of thousands of people in the country who came under a humanitarian parole program.

Announced by Department of Homeland Security boss Kristi Noem on Friday (March 21), the notice to the Federal Register, applies to Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans and Venezuelans who have come to the US since October 2022 under a sponsorship process.

The POTUS is looking to revoke the legal status of hundreds of thousands of people in the US (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

The CHNV program was accelerated under former President Joe Biden to allow 30,000 migrants a month from the four countries to come under financial sponsorships with two-year work permits.

However, it was subject to intense criticism at the time, as Biden said it was inspired to reduce illegal crossings at the US-Mexico border while critics said it allowed otherwise illegal migrants a free pass to come to the US.

Trump’s notice states all those migrants will now lose their legal status as of April 24.

Prior to the order, migrants under the order could stay in the US up until their parole expiry date, however, any applications for asylum or other visa routes that would allow them to stay for longer also haven’t been processed.