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BumRushDaShow

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21. This is why a Miami GOP Rep. is panicking and sent a desparate "letter'
Mon Jan 27, 2025, 11:40 AM
Jan 27
Miami congresswoman wants 'protection' for migrants with temporary permits under Biden program

WLRN Public Media | By Sherrilyn Cabrera,
Helen Acevedo
Published January 24, 2025 at 6:15 PM EST


U.S. Rep. María Elvira Salazar, R-Miami, is pressing the Trump administration to protect migrants who qualified under former President Biden’s “humanitarian parole” program, which specifically allows Cubans, Nicaraguans, Venezuelans and Haitians to live and work in the country for up to two years.

The Republican lawmaker’s letter on Friday to the Department of Homeland Security comes the day after the New York Times reported that the Trump administration is authorizing Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials to deport migrants who entered the country under temporary permits granted by the former administration.

The Times reported that two Biden-era programs were singled out by Trump administration officials. One allowed migrants seeking asylum in the U.S. to use an app, CBP One, to schedule appointments with U.S. immigration officials. The CBP One app program was canceled this week. The other was Biden’s humanitarian parole program.

Salazar’s letter to Acting DHS Secretary Benjamine Huffman was focused on the humanitarian parole program: “Although President Biden originally created this new program on dubious legal grounds and brought individuals here without a plan for their future, they were still enrolled under programs offered to them. Therefore, I believe they should have the ability to see their applications out to rectify their legal status.”

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LETTER (as sent through Xitter):



And as a typical jackass Republican, she still manages to hurl a nasty swipe at Biden who was TRYING to protect the very people she is begging to protect.

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My wife is here on a Green Card. I wonder if that will matter to ICE as she is here "legally." AZLD4Candidate Jan 27 #1
Was thinking about you with this mess going on BumRushDaShow Jan 27 #4
A green card grants permanent residency tulipsandroses Jan 27 #27
American permanent residency or citizenship didn't apply to the mexicans in 1930 or the Japanese in 1942 AZLD4Candidate Jan 27 #33
Make sure she has documentation with her at all times.... Happy Hoosier Jan 27 #32
yes we do AZLD4Candidate Jan 27 #34
I remember your years-long ordeal. I hope it's over for good. NT Happy Hoosier Jan 27 #35
Have a copy laminated and hanging around her neck. If they "snatch" people she may not have time question everything Jan 27 #48
And take a picture of it MurrayDelph Jan 27 #54
Jesus Christ. Well, this was inevitable but I feel so badly for Mike 03 Jan 27 #2
So it begins.... Pachamama Jan 27 #3
The woman may not have been, but she is now that she has a record of arrest. LiberalArkie Jan 27 #10
But is this considered an arrest? BonnieJW Jan 27 #14
This message was self-deleted by its author LiberalArkie Jan 27 #15
This message was self-deleted by its author LiberalArkie Jan 27 #16
Real-ID does not guarantee citizenship. It depends on the state. LeftInTX Jan 27 #37
Hmm.. In Arkanstan you have to supply the state with your US birth certificate to get the Real-ID LiberalArkie Jan 27 #42
if you don't have one, barbtries Jan 27 #51
ICE's new immigrant verification process. Ray Bruns Jan 27 #5
That's what it's all about. iluvtennis Jan 27 #17
Wheres Orange? Smackdown2019 Jan 27 #47
Welcome to... 2naSalit Jan 27 #6
Yes Rebl2 Jan 27 #22
There are going to be so many stories like this PatSeg Jan 27 #7
New ice judging books by the cover Marthe48 Jan 27 #8
Who'd the guy vote for? mcar Jan 27 #9
This part in the OP excerpt might give a hint BumRushDaShow Jan 27 #11
That's what I thought when I read that mcar Jan 27 #12
I read it the same way Renew Deal Jan 27 #13
And now his face has been eaten by leopards sakabatou Jan 27 #23
The new reality sfdennis1 Jan 27 #40
First question that pop to mind too. magicarpet Jan 27 #41
This should really encourage foreign tourism to the USA this summer DFW Jan 27 #18
Take it up with your neighbors and family members that voted MAGAt pal maxrandb Jan 27 #19
This is all according to the plan. Venezuelans, Haitians and Cubans are specially targeted for removal. Eugene Jan 27 #20
This is why a Miami GOP Rep. is panicking and sent a desparate "letter' BumRushDaShow Jan 27 #21
I would imagine the largely Republican MotownPgh Jan 27 #29
I bet Trump will reverse on Cubans. LeftInTX Jan 27 #38
Only after extracting concessions BumRushDaShow Jan 27 #43
I keep wondering, when will the shooting start. CaptainTruth Jan 27 #24
One of the first questions LPBBEAR Jan 27 #25
So now it's not just blue states mainer Jan 27 #26
yeah...that is surprising stillcool Jan 27 #28
Neighborhoods and businesses must organize teams of spotters or lookouts. Magoo48 Jan 27 #30
I'm curious if he voted for Trump. He's anonymous in the article. n/t aggiesal Jan 27 #31
I've been through the immigration process. You can't go straight from being illegal to citizenship. Doodley Jan 27 #36
I was skeptical too for the same reason. (Natural born here) LeftInTX Jan 27 #39
Sounds to me like he's pleading to his buddy to let her go... GoldenMezzoDiva Jan 27 #44
Horrible bdamomma Jan 27 #45
These are the guidelines for bdamomma Jan 27 #46
If you are not a citizen they can claim that you have no right. question everything Jan 27 #49
Tom Homan is a terrorist. This is fucking horrifying. Initech Jan 27 #50
So much for "due process". Hurtling towards eroded and truly "weaponized" justice system. Evolve Dammit Jan 27 #52
Well, if the man's wife IS his lawfully wedded wife, and HE is a valid American citizen Rocknation Jan 27 #53
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