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    Program allowing some minors from Central America into U.S. halted

    Program allowing some minors from Central America into U.S. halted

    Greg Moran Contact Reporter


    The Department of Homeland Security announced Tuesday it plans to shut down a program that offered some children and young adults from three Central Amercian countries a chance to lawfully immigrate to the U.S. to join their parents.

    The decision will close down a portion of the Central American Minors program, established in 2014 under President Obama as a way to slow the stream of minors from strife-torn Central American countries.


    The program allows unmarried youths under 21 years old from El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala who had one parent who had lawful status in the U.S. to apply for refugee status, from their home country.


    If the refugee status was denied. they could still be allowed into the U.S. under humanitarian parole, a way to legally be in the country that is not permanent but must be renewed periodically.


    In an announcement to be published in the Federal Register today DHS said that it was terminating the humanitarian parole part of the CAM program.


    Children and young adults can still seek refugee status , but if that is denied the parole option will no longer be available.


    No reason was given for the change to the program, though the administration of President Donald Trump has made both choking off the flow of youths and families from Central America and tightening the legal immigration avenues a priority as part of its overall crackdown on immigration.

    A Jan. 25 executive order on border security signed by Trump specifically singled out the “abuse of parole and asylum provisions” in the nation’s complex immigration schemes.

    One section said the parole provisions should be used sparingly and “only when an individual demonstrates urgent humanitarian reasons or a significant public benefit derived from such parole. “

    The program began in 2014, and in late 2016 it was expanded to allow additional family members to apply. But that expansion came late in the Obama presidency and because of the length of time it takes to review, investigate and approve an application no one has been admitted under the expanded rules.


    Earlier this year the State Department said 11,000 people had applied to the program and 2,400 had been admitted. Another 2,700 individuals had been granted conditional parole but had not yet traveled to the U.S., according to Lisa Frydman with the Kids In Need Of Defense, an advocacy group in San Francisco.


    The announcement said that those conditional approvals are now rescinded. Frydman and others said such a move will likely drive some to make the hazardous journey from Central America to the southwest border and try to enter illegally — the exact outcome the program was meant to attempt to curtail.


    “We’re talking about children who were found to be in danger, or to fear for their lives,” she said. “This program was launched really as a way to provide a safe and orderly path for Central American children in danger to arrive in the U.S.as an alternative for the dangerous migration journey.”


    She said the closing the program down will impact thousands of families. “This administration has totally slammed the door on them” she said.


    While the program was narrowly targeted on three countries it was still valuable, said Vanessa Ceceña, Department Director of Immigrant Services for Catholic Charities in San Diego.


    The organization has currently one CAM case, invloving a father who is a legal permanent resident from Guatemala who is attempting to get refugee status for three of his children in his native country.


    “Even though this program was limited, many families could benefit from it because of the humanitarian parole part of it,” she said. “This leaves people without that option. they go back to square one.”

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    Let THEIR President set up a "Humanitarian Program" for them on THEIR soil.

    THEIR administration has totally "shut the door" on them!

    Deport them all. We are not the dumping ground or ATM machine for the World.
    ILLEGAL ALIENS HAVE "BROKEN" OUR IMMIGRATION SYSTEM

    DO NOT REWARD THEM - DEPORT THEM ALL

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    [Federal Register Volume 82, Number 157 (Wednesday, August 16, 2017)]
    [Notices]
    [Pages 38926-38927]
    From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
    [FR Doc No: 2017-16828]

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    DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

    [CIS No. 2604-17; DHS Docket No. USCIS-2017-0003]

    Termination of the Central American Minors Parole Program


    AGENCY: Department of Homeland Security.

    ACTION: Notice.

    -----------------------------------------------------------------------

    SUMMARY: The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is publishing this
    notice to notify the public that it will no longer provide special
    consideration of parole for certain individuals denied refugee status
    in El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras under the Central American
    Minors (CAM) Parole Program.

    DATES: Applicable August 16, 2017.

    FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Maura Nicholson, Deputy Chief,
    International Operations Division, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration
    Services, Department of Homeland Security, 20 Massachusetts Avenue NW,
    Suite 3300, Washington, DC 20529, Telephone 202-272-1892. (This is not
    a toll-free number.)

    SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

    Background

    On December 1, 2014, DHS and the U.S. Department of State (DOS)
    announced that the U.S. Government would allow certain minors in El
    Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras to be considered for refugee status
    in the United States.\1\ This program, known as the CAM Refugee
    Program, allows certain parents lawfully present in the United States
    to request a refugee resettlement interview for unmarried children
    under 21 years of age, and certain other eligible family members, in
    Guatemala, El Salvador, or Honduras. The parent in the United States
    must be lawfully present \2\ in order to request that his or her child
    be provided access to the program and considered for refugee
    resettlement. In general, under current immigration laws, only lawful
    permanent residents and U.S. citizens can file family-based immigrant
    visa petitions. Therefore, many of the qualifying parents under the
    program are unable to file an immigrant petition for their in-country
    relatives. INA 204(a); 8 U.S.C. 1154(a). As a result, most of the
    beneficiaries of the program do not have another process under our
    immigration laws to enter the United States. On November 15, 2016, the
    program was expanded to include other qualifying relatives.\3\
    ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

    \1\ See DOS fact sheet, ``In-Country Refugee/Parole Program for
    Minors in El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras With Parents Lawfully
    Present in the United States'' (Nov. 14, 2014), available at https://2009-2017.state.gov/j/prm/re...014/234067.htm; see
    also U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Web page, ``In-
    Country Refugee/Parole Processing for Minors in Honduras, El
    Salvador, and Guatemala (Central American Minors--CAM),'' available
    at https://www.uscis.gov/CAM.
    \2\ ``Lawful presence'' refers to presence in the United States
    within a period of stay authorized by DHS and during which unlawful
    presence is not accrued for purposes of potential inadmissibility
    under INA sec. 212(a)(9)(B)-(C); 8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(9)(B)-(C). Note
    that an individual may be ``lawfully present'' in the United States
    without necessarily having ``lawful status'' (e.g., an individual
    granted deferred enforced departure, see 8 CFR 274a.12(a)(11)). See,
    e.g., Chaudry v. Holder, 705 F.3d 289, 292 (7th Cir. 2013)
    (``[Unlawful presence and unlawful status are distinct concepts . .
    . . It is entirely possible for aliens to be lawfully present (i.e.,
    in a ``period of stay authorized by the [Secretary]'') even though
    their lawful status has expired.''). Under the program, qualifying
    parents include individuals who are at least 18 years of age and
    lawfully present in the United States in the following categories:
    lawful permanent resident status, temporary protected status,
    parolee, deferred action, deferred enforced departure, or
    withholding of removal.
    \3\ Beginning with the program's inception in December 2014,
    additional qualifying relatives have been able to gain access along
    with the qualifying child. Unmarried children of the qualifying
    child who are under 21 years of age can be included on the
    qualifying child's refugee application as a derivative beneficiary.
    The in-country parent of the qualifying child can also qualify for
    access to the CAM program if the in-country parent is part of the
    same household and economic unit as the qualifying child and is the
    legal spouse of the qualifying parent who is lawfully present in the
    United States. If the in-country parent who is legally married to
    the qualifying parent has unmarried children under 21 years of age
    who are not the children of the qualifying parent, these children
    can be added as derivatives of the in-country parent.
    In July 2016, the CAM program expanded to include the following
    additional categories of relatives who are able to apply for
    admission to the United States as refugees when accompanied by a
    qualifying child: (1) The in-country biological parent of a
    qualifying child who is not legally married to the qualifying parent
    in the United States may apply, and the unmarried and under 21 years
    of age children and/or legal spouse of the in-country parent can
    also be included as derivatives of the in-country parent; (2) the
    caregiver of a qualifying child who is related to either the
    qualifying parent in the United States or the qualifying child may
    apply, and the unmarried and under 21 years of age children and/or
    legal spouse of the caregiver can also be included as derivatives of
    the caregiver; (3) the married and/or 21 years of age or older
    children of the qualifying parent (who is lawfully present in the
    United States) may apply, and (4) the unmarried and under 21 years
    of age children and legal spouse of the married and/or 21 years of
    age or older child can also be included as derivatives. See
    Department of State, Central American Minors (CAM) Program, https://www.state.gov/j/prm/ra/cam/index.htm. At the time of the program's
    original announcement and later expansion, these qualifying
    relatives of the qualifying child could also be considered for
    parole on a case-by-case basis, if found ineligible for refugee
    admission and the accompanying qualifying child received a positive
    decision of refugee status or parole. The various categories of
    individuals who may be afforded access to the CAM Refugee Program
    are subject to change in accordance with the priorities of the U.S.
    Refugee Program.
    ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Qualifying children who were denied refugee status under the CAM
    Refugee Program were considered by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration
    Services (USCIS), a component of DHS, for parole into the United States
    on a case-by-case basis under the CAM Parole Program. A qualifying
    child's accompanying parent, sibling, or child who was also denied
    refugee status was also considered for parole into the United States on
    a case-by-case basis under the program. If USCIS found a child to be
    ineligible for refugee status, the decision notice informed the child
    of whether he or she had been instead conditionally approved for parole
    into the United States under the CAM Parole Program.
    The Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) confers upon the
    Secretary of Homeland Security the discretionary authority to parole
    applicants for admission into the United States ``temporarily under
    such conditions as [DHS] may prescribe only on a case-by-case basis for
    urgent humanitarian reasons or significant public benefit,'' regardless
    of the individuals' admissibility. INA sec. 212(d)(5)(A); 8 U.S.C.
    1182(d)(5)(A); see 8 CFR 212.5(a) and (c) through (e) (discretionary
    authority for establishing conditions of parole and for terminating
    parole). Accordingly, parole determinations are made on a case-by-case
    basis, taking into account each individual's unique circumstances.
    In general, if USCIS favorably exercises its discretion to
    authorize parole, either USCIS or DOS issues

    [[Page 38927]]

    travel documents to enable the applicant to travel to a U.S. port-of-
    entry and request parole from U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP)
    to join his or her family member. The ultimate determination whether to
    parole an individual into the United States is made by CBP officers
    upon the individual's arrival at a U.S. port of entry.
    Unlike refugee status, parole does not lead to any immigration
    status. Parole also does not constitute an admission to the United
    States. INA secs. 101(a)(13)(B), 212(d)(5)(A); 8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(13)(B),
    1182(d)(5)(A). Once an individual is paroled into the United States,
    the parole allows the individual to stay temporarily in the United
    States and to apply for employment authorization. See 8 CFR
    274a.12(c)(11). The alien may stay in the United States unless and
    until the parole is terminated. See 8 CFR 212.5(e).
    The CAM Parole Program was established based on the Secretary's
    discretionary parole authority and the broad authority to administer
    the immigration laws. See INA secs. 103(a), 212(d)(5); 8 U.S.C.
    1103(a), 1182(d)(5). DHS is rescinding the discretionary CAM parole
    policy, which was instituted for ``significant public benefit''
    reasons, of automatically considering parole for all individuals found
    ineligible for refugee status under the in-country refugee program in
    Guatemala, Honduras, or El Salvador. This discretionary change in
    policy does not preclude such individuals from applying for parole
    consideration independent of the CAM program by filing USCIS Form I-
    131, Application for Travel Document, consistent with the instructions
    for that form. Parole will only be issued on a case-by-case basis and
    only where the applicant demonstrates an urgent humanitarian or a
    significant public benefit reason for parole and that applicant merits
    a favorable exercise of discretion. Any alien may request parole to
    travel to the United States, but an alien does not have a right to
    parole.
    As of August 16, 2017, USCIS will no longer consider or authorize
    parole under the CAM Parole Program. In addition, USCIS will notify
    individuals who have been conditionally approved for parole under this
    program and who have not yet traveled that the program has been
    terminated and their conditional approval for parole has been
    rescinded. As noted above, such individuals may apply for parole
    consideration independent of the CAM program by filing USCIS Form I-
    131, Application for Travel Document, consistent with the instructions
    for that form.
    Although DHS is terminating the CAM Parole Program, individuals who
    have been paroled into the United States under the CAM Parole program
    will maintain parole until the expiration of that period of parole
    unless there are other grounds for termination of parole under DHS
    regulations at 8 CFR 212.5(e). CAM parolees already in the United
    States also may apply for re-parole on Form I-131 before their current
    parole period expires or apply for any immigration status for which
    they may be otherwise eligible. They are encouraged to submit any
    requests for re-parole at least 90 days before expiration of their
    period for parole. USCIS will consider each request for re-parole based
    on the merits of each application and may re-parole individuals who
    demonstrate urgent humanitarian reasons or a significant public
    benefit.
    The termination of the CAM Parole Program does not affect the CAM
    Refugee Program and its operation.
    General information about applying for parole by filing a Form I-
    131 may be found at http://www.uscis.gov/humanitarianparole.

    Elaine C. Duke,
    Acting Secretary of Homeland Security.
    [FR Doc. 2017-16828 Filed 8-15-17; 11:15 am]
    BILLING CODE 9111-97-P

    https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-201...2017-16828.htm
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    If all these immigrants really wanted to change things they could start in their own country by standing up and fighting like Americans have for 100's of years. Instead of running with your tail between your legs and expect another countries citizens to support you. Fight your own battles or nothing will ever change in your own countries. Don't come here and try to protest our laws.

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    Quote Originally Posted by posylady View Post
    If all these immigrants really wanted to change things they could start in their own country by standing up and fighting like Americans have for 100's of years. Instead of running with your tail between your legs and expect another countries citizens to support you. Fight your own battles or nothing will ever change in your own countries. Don't come here and try to protest our laws.
    I like this post, but especially the last sentence.

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    Obama put this program in place to fast track mass migration.

    Obama only cared about getting as many immigrants as possible into the U.S. prior
    to leaving the WH to secure future Democrat voters.

    And, we all know they are not fleeing violence to come here, these are prepared talking points.


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