With the humanitarian parole program suspended due to irregularities and fraud discovered by US authorities, the number of Cubans accredited reached 110,000.
As stated Recently, the US Customs and Border Protection (CBP), as of the end of July, had the number of Cubans screened and allowed to travel to US territory, which about 109 thousand had already done at that time.
This number represents a growth of more than 3,000 compared to June, when 106,757 were already approved.
After all of last year and seven months of 2024, Cubans still rank third in number of passes among the four countries that make up the program.
Haitians are at the forefront, with 211,000 approved and 205,000 already in the United States, and Venezuelans, with 118,000 approved and 115,000 of them on U.S. soil.
Nicaraguans – 95,000 authorized and 90,000 who have already traveled to North American territory – still lag behind those benefiting from Cuba.
Comment and uncertainty
These figures come at a time of uncertainty and doubt about the future of humanitarian parole, due to the authorities’ temporary suspension of the program last July, and fears that it could be completely paralyzed if Trump wins the election.
The parole program has been temporarily suspended.
The CBP report states that it has been “temporarily” suspended. Issuing advance travel authorizations to new parole beneficiaries “while a review of support applications is underway,” and stating that work is underway “to resume processing applications as soon as possible, with appropriate safeguards.”
He also explained that all beneficiaries “undergo a comprehensive selection and vetting process prior to their arrival in the United States,” and stressed that he “has not identified any issues of concern” related to this process, unlike those with U.S. sponsors, where the difficulties that prompted the suspension are concentrated.
The report does not specify how many people are waiting for their cases to be heard, although the latest information on the subject, which dates back to last October, revealed that 1.6 million people were waiting for review until then.
This number should be much higher today.
In practice, until its suspension, the program was overloaded with applications, which drew criticism for its slowness and procedures.
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