By |January 31, 2025|
Author: Lucia Maffei
Donald Trump has promised to remove 11 million people from the U.S. as part of the largest deportation effort in the nation’s history.
He’s not only targeting criminals, but also plenty of other immigrants who entered the country legally under a so-called “humanitarian parole.” That includes people from Cuba, Haiti, Venezuela and Nicaragua who are authorized to work and live in the U.S.
Such people are at risk of deportation if they have not applied to switch to another legal status, such as asylum. Many are legally employed, or have kids in school. In Massachusetts, one of five workers is an immigrant, according to da from Boston University’s Questrom School of Business.
“There are consequences for committing crimes, but that’s not what we’re talking about here,” said Eneida Roman, president and CEO of Amplify LatinX, a nonprofit dedicated to advancing Latino prosperity. “We’re talking about people who could get dragged into a very unfortunate situation, regardless of their legal status, just because of the way they look.”
