Parole (United States immigration)

[3] The Uniting for Ukraine program allows Ukrainian citizens and their immediate family members to enter the US for a period of two years if a US sponsor agrees to financially support them.

[4] Modeled after the Uniting for Ukraine program, citizens of these four Latin American countries could be paroled into the US for a period of two years if a US sponsor agreed to support them.

[7][8] In 2014, President Barack Obama established the Central American Minors (CAM) Refugee and Parole Program to provide certain children, youth, and family members escaping violence, persecution, or other humanitarian situations in El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras with an opportunity to enter the United States as refugees or parolees.

[9] In its current form, the CAM Program allows parents or legal guardians 18 years of age or older who are in the United States as lawful permanent residents, or with Temporary Protected Status, parole for more than one year, deferred action for more than one year, deferred enforced departure, withholding of removal, or with a pending asylum application or U visa petition filed prior to May 15, 2021, to apply for their children and other eligible family members to come to the United States as refugees or parolees.

[10] After a qualifying parent or legal guardian files an application (an Affidavit of Relationship) with the U.S. Department of State Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration through a U.S. Resettlement Agency, the children and eligible family members undergo a pre-screening interview with the International Organization for Migration in the country where they are located, complete a DNA test (where applicable), and go through a refugee interview with USCIS.

[9] Individuals determined to be ineligible for refugee status are automatically considered for parole on a case-by-case basis for urgent humanitarian reasons or for significant public benefit.

[10] Individuals granted refugee and parole status must complete a medical exam and clear security vetting prior to traveling to the United States.

During the initial CAM Program, operating from 2014 to 2017, more than 12,000 individuals applied, with about 3,000 entering the United States before the Trump administration terminated it through a series of actions in 2017 and 2018.

[15] Various obstacles have prevented many qualified individuals from applying and processing bottlenecks have constrained prompt adjudication of cases and kept most others from resettlement.

[17] In May 2022, two parents actively seeking CAM protection for their children intervened in the lawsuit as defendants to present evidence of the program's impact.

[18] In 2017, DHS published a new rule, effective July 17, 2017, adding new provisions regarding the use of parole on a case-by-case basis with respect to entrepreneurs of start-up entities who demonstrate that they will provide a significant public benefit to the United States.

Aliens who have obtained advance parole are still subject to the inspection process of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection at the port of entry.

[25] A parolee would need to qualify for permanent residence through an existing pathway, such as family, employment, winning an asylum case, or the green card lottery.

[1] In 1960, INA section 245(a) was amended to allow for the adjustment of status of an alien who had been inspected and admitted, or paroled, into the United States, subject to a number of requirements and restrictions.

A Form I-512L, Authorization for Parole of an Alien Into the United States (an Advance Parole form), issued by USCIS to a DACA recipient in 2014, permitting a United States Customs and Border Protection officer to allow the named foreign national to enter the United States under the parole authority found in Immigration and Nationality Act section 212(d)(5)(A).
A Form I-512L, Authorization for Parole of an Alien Into the United States (an Advance Parole form), issued to a DACA recipient in 2014, permitting a United States Customs and Border Protection officer to allow the named foreign national to enter the United States under the parole authority found in Immigration and Nationality Act section 212(d)(5)(A).
A Form I-766, Employment Authorization Document, issued to an applicant for adjustment of status by USCIS in November 2018, and noting at the bottom that the card also serves as a Form I-512 providing for Advance Parole (EAD-AP combo card).
A Form I-766, Employment Authorization Document , issued to an applicant for adjustment of status by USCIS in November 2018, and noting at the bottom that the card also serves as a Form I-512 providing for Advance Parole (EAD-AP combo card).