The Biden administration has temporarily halted the humanitarian parole program that has allowed nearly half a million nationals from Cuba, Venezuela, Haiti and Nicaragua to live and work in the United States, due to fears of fraud, Fox News and the Miami Herald reported on Friday, August 2, 2024.

A Department of Homeland Security spokesman did not specify the reasons for the suspension. But sources told the Miami Herald that the decision was the result of fraud alerts involving U.S.-based individuals seeking approval for friends and family under the program. "DHS has review mechanisms in place to detect and prevent fraud and abuse in our immigration procedures. DHS takes any abuse of its procedures very seriously," said the spokesperson, the article headlined "Out of an abundance of caution, DHS has temporarily suspended the issuance of Advance Travel Authorizations for new beneficiaries while it reviews applications for support." read.