Trump cuts family reunification programs for seven countries citing fraud and security concerns

Key Highlights

• "Parole was never intended to be used in this way, and DHS is returning parole to a case-by-case basis as intended by Congress.
• Ending the FRP programs is a necessary return to common-sense policies and a return to America First." TRUMP HIGHLIGHTS FEDERAL LAW GRANTING PRESIDENTIAL POWER TO HALT IMMIGRATION AS CRACKDOWN ESCALATES Authorities said workplaces risk criminal investigation if they are employing non-citizens who are not authorized to work in the U. S.
• (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File) The agency noted that the desire to reunite families does not supersede the federal government’s responsibility to prevent fraud and abuse, as well as to ensure national security and public safety.
• "DHS acknowledges that aliens paroled into the United States under the FRP programs may have been able to reunite with family members in the United States," the Federal Register notice on the Family Reunification Program (FRP) termination states."However, upon further review of the scope and impact of the FRP programs in their totality, and in line with Executive Orders issued by President Trump, DHS has determined that national security and fraud concerns, along with the current administration’s priorities, outweigh those interests and weigh in favor of terminating the programs," it continued.
• DHS TO IMPOSE $1K FEE FOR MIGRANTS GRANTED HUMANITARIAN PAROLE Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem speaks in Quito, Ecuador in July 2025.