It was a promise on day one of Donald Trump’s presidency.
A Biden-era humanitarian parole program for certain migrants will officially end next month.
The program allowed Cubans, Nicaraguans, Haitians and Venezuelans to come to the U.S. as long as they had a sponsor and made a promise to work.
Now, more than a half million people who arrived since October 2022 will lose their protection.
The mobile app to access the program, CBP One, was shut down in January.
Local 10 News was at the southern Border when illegal crossings were starting to surge that same year, prompting the Biden administration to offer legal pathways for those from countries plagued with violence and political turmoil.