On December 12, 2025, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced that it has terminated family reunification parole (FRP) programs for individuals from Colombia, Cuba, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, and Honduras. DHS has stated that this move has been made to end “the abuse of humanitarian parole which allowed poorly vetted aliens to circumvent the traditional parole process.”
Individuals who were paroled into the United States under FRP programs whose parole period will not expire by January 14, 2026, will now have their parole expire on that day unless the individual has a pending Form I-485 that is postmarked or electronically filed on or before December 15, 2025, and the application is still pending on January 14, 2026. Parole for individuals with pending Form I-485s will remain valid until either their period of parole expires or until a final decision is made on their Form I-485, whichever is sooner. In the case that the individual’s Form I-485 is denied, their period of parole will end and they should depart the United States. Employment authorization based on FRP programs will be revoked if an individual’s parole is terminated. Individuals will be notified if DHS is terminating their parole period.
The Federal Register notice has not yet been published, and is scheduled to be published this upcoming Monday, December 15, 2025. The unpublished PDF version is available to download on the Federal Register website.
