Cubans with the I-220A form (Order of Parole) who in recent daysreceived an interim parole without requesting it from ICE, that is, a document that will allow them to apply for residency under the Adjustment Law, continue to be amazed by the happy news and call on other citizens in the same condition to have faith.
“Oh my God, a one-year parole! What is this? "And where did this come from?" Cuban Hildenia López says she said when she found the happy surprise in her mailbox.
In statements to journalist Alexis Boentes forTelemundo 51, López explained that he arrived in the United States in 2021 through the Arizona border and that there he was given the I-220A document without a court date.
“This is a hope for many, that they be aware, that they check their [postal] addresses that this will reach them”, the woman recommends to other Cubans who are in the same situation she was in before the happy news.
However, the reality is that at the moment uncertainty persists among Immigration lawyers because The US authorities continue without issuing a statement specifying how many or who will receive interim parole.. There are also no official indications about the requirements to be awarded the document.
From the cases that have come to light - which the aforementioned media outlet numbers at around twenty - the lawyers have tried to find common features, a pattern that serves as a guide, but the analysis does not provide clear conclusions.
“So far what I have been able to analyze is that they are people who were placed in expedited processes, normally under Law 235, where they had a credible fear and were approved, but I have heard cases of people even with bail who have achieved this parole and It is very good news because that makes the person eligible for the Cuban adjustment law after one year and one day,” said lawyer Miguel Inda Romero in statements to the aforementioned media outlet.
“This only justifies what we were already arguing and we want to continue arguing:"that all those who were released in this way have a parole and are eligible for the Cuban adjustment law"added the lawyer, who pointed out that although migrants can submit a parole request to ICE, he currently recommends waiting.
“Do not make a request and do not spend the money when this other interim parole could possibly come to your house. What I recommend is to wait a little to see if you receive this parole...If they do not receive it, it is recommended that they request it with a lawyer who can prepare their request...for humanitarian, medical reasons...career, studies...who can demonstrate that their stay in the country is a benefit for the US. "USA," he concluded.
He is also an immigration lawyer.Eduardo Sotoagreed that right now "There's no pattern per se that shows why they're getting it."
He also noted, what By giving a retroactive date to the document in several cases, it is as if ICE was “correcting what they did not do” when these people entered through the border.
Under that argument, they have organized a class action lawsuit on behalf of around twenty plaintiffs who had been denied residency. If they win the case it will be a victory for many Cubans who are in a similar situation.
Something very important now is that Cubans with I-220A have their postal address updated with ICE. Anyone who has changed their address can update their details.www.ice.gov/es/reportarse.
The delivery by ICE of the interim parole comes just over a month after the United States Superior Board of Immigration Appealsreject the option of considering the I-220A form as a document through which you can access a legal immigration residence in the country.
The ruling became a defeat for the thousands of Cuban immigrants who have entered through the southern border since late 2021 and are trying to regularize their status under the Cuban Adjustment Act, who in principle should continue with their asylum cases through American courts.
In recent months, a growing number of Cubans who were released on the I-220A form have insisted on several public protests that their entry to the US be recognized.
It is the case that those who appear under that status and have been in that country for more than a year and a day cannot apply for their residence through the Cuban Adjustment Law because said law establishes parole as a requirement, not the I -220A.
The US government issues I-220A to certain people who have been detained and later released by immigration officials.
What do you think?
COMMENTFiled in:
