US Citizen Told by Trump Admin to Self-Deport Amid Crackdown [View all]
Source: Newsweek
Published Apr 12, 2025 at 6:36 PM EDT | Updated Apr 12, 2025 at 6:50 PM EDT
A United States citizen who is an immigration attorney received an email on Friday morning that told her to self-deport—one of seemingly dozens of recipients. "It is time for you to leave the United States," the email sent to Nicole Micheroni, seen by Newsweek, began. "...DHS is now exercising its discretion to terminate your parole. Unless it expires sooner, your parole will terminate 7 days from the date of this notice."
Micheroni, a partner at Cameron Law Offices in Massachusetts, who is not on parole told Newsweek that she did not believe the email was a scam, but a sign of the sweeping mass deportation efforts by the Trump administration. A senior Department of Homeland Security (DHS) official told Newsweek that emails were sent to those associated with parole cases, despite attorney Matt Cameron telling Newsweek that parole recipients must use their own email addresses on applications.
Why It Matters
During his 2024 campaign, President Donald Trump promised mass deportations of undocumented and criminal migrants, a policy that has been shown to be popular among voters across the political spectrum, before and after the election. In recent weeks, those who arrived through legal programs, such as humanitarian parole, have had their statuses terminated and been told to self-deport.
What To Know
Micheroni said she got the email Friday morning. While she is very used to receiving emails from DHS, this time it was not about a client, but it was only addressed to her email address. "It caught me a little off-guard," she told Newsweek, believing the email to be a mistake at first as she was born in the U.S. and there's no parole to be terminated. "But afterwards, I was like, 'Wow, I can't believe they are just sending this out to those it just doesn't apply to.'" The email, which was one block paragraph with little official imagery, was sent from a no-reply government address, which is common when United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) updates an immigrant on their case.
Read more: https://www.newsweek.com/us-citizen-told-self-deport-dhs-email-trump-administration-2059069
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