The humanitarian parole is dead. After January, no one else will be admitted," says immigration lawyer. 

Immigration lawyer Wilfredo Allen spoke with journalist Daniel Benítez about the uncertain immigration outlook that the Cuban community could face following the possible arrival of Donald Trump to the presidency. 

Allen expressed his deep concern for the Cubans who are in transit through Nicaragua and Mexico, as well as for those who have sold everything in their country of origin to try to enter the United States through the southern border.

Who torments me and who worries me? The Cubans who are in Nicaragua heading to Mexico, the Cubans who have been in Mexico for months, and this president has also said he would eliminate them. The Cubans who have sold everything and risked it all to enter through the border are the ones who worry me enormously," he declared in the YouTube channel by Benítez.

The lawyer warned that access to humanitarian parole could become even more complicated in the coming months. "Entries for this month and December are already difficult, but after January they will be more miserable," he explained. 

Concern about immigration restrictions: Cubans and the future of humanitarian parole

He mentioned that, although the figures for October have not yet been released, just over a thousand applications were approved in September. This decline in numbers, he said, is a clear sign that “humanitarian parole is dead for Cubans, as well as for Venezuelans, Nicaraguans, and Haitians.”

I suspect that thousands, but thousands, 1,000, 2,000, 3,000 will enter before January. After January, no one else will enter. The idea that someone asked me: ‘well, I already applied, there is a queue.’ I tell them that queue does not exist. The day it ends, you lost, my brothers. 

CBP One Appointments 

He also addressed the concerning situation of applicants waiting for appointments through the CBP One system. Although around 1,450 appointments are currently processed daily, Allen warned that whoever leads the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) will have the authority to significantly reduce this number, which could strangle the process until its elimination.

Then, maybe it doesn't end with CBP One, hangs him. Why? Because instead of having 1,450 appointments, he has 50, has 100, and is reducing the number of people who can go through the CBP One queue until they eliminate it completely,” Allen concluded.

The Cuban community, as well as other migrant communities, remains on edge about the uncertain future of immigration policies that could be implemented if Trump resumes the presidency. The restrictions could mark a radical shift in the entry of migrants seeking a new beginning in the United States.