The Department of Homeland Security has acknowledged that unintended recipients, including American citizens, “may have” received emails notifying them that their parole had been terminated.
“CBP used the known email addresses of the alien to send notifications. If a non-personal email—such as an American citizen contact—was provided by the alien, notices may have been sent to unintended recipients. CBP is monitoring communications and will address any issues on a case-by-case basis,” CBP told the Washington Examiner in a statement.
This comes after a doctor born in Pennsylvania received a notification telling her to leave the country immediately.
Lisa Anderson, a U.S. citizen who lives in Connecticut, received a letter via email instructing her to self-deport, according to NBC News.
“It is time for you to leave the United States,” the letter said.
Boston immigration attorney Nicole Micheroni, who is also a U.S. citizen, received the same email from DHS.
“Again, DHS is terminating your parole. Do not attempt to remain in the United States – the federal government will find you. Please depart the United States immediately,” the email read. Micheroni said there had not been a follow-up.
The emails from the DHS fall in line with the Trump administration’s agenda to encourage illegal immigrants to self-deport. The administration said it aims to deport the more than half a million migrants who were let into the United States during a Biden-era parole program.
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On Monday, U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani, an appointee of former President Barack Obama in Massachusetts, temporarily blocked Trump’s executive action terminating the CHNV parole program. The program granted two-year entry to migrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela. In his order, Trump gave the migrants until April 24 to self-deport.
This case is one of many court battles the Trump administration faces as the president seeks to deport millions of illegal immigrants. It could end up in front of the Supreme Court.