Trump revoking legal status of a half-million immigrants

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The Trump administration plans to revoke the legal status of potentially more than half-a-million immigrants currently living in the U.S. Camilo Montoya-Galvez has analysis.  "CBS Evening News" delivers the day's most important stories, delivering context and depth to bring greater understanding to your world. Check local listings for "CBS Evening News" broadcast times.  Subscribe to the "CBS Evening News" YouTube channel: https://youtube.com/CBSEveningNews Watch full episodes of "CBS Evening News": https://cbsnews.com/evening-news/full-episodes/ Follow "CBS Evening News" on Instagram: https://instagram.com/cbseveningnews/ Like "CBS Evening News" on Facebook: https://facebook.com/CBSEveningNews Follow "CBS Evening News" on X: https://x.com/CBSEveningNews Download the CBS News app: https://cbsnews.com/mobile/ Try Paramount+ free: https://paramountplus.com/?ftag=PPM-05-10aeh8h  For video licensing inquiries, contact: licensing@veritone.com

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00:00Now to that late afternoon notice from the Trump administration to revoke the legal status

00:04of potentially more than half a million immigrants currently living in the United States.

00:09This as we are learning more about the Venezuelans deported under the 18th century wartime law.

00:14I'm joined now by immigration reporter Camila Montoya Galvez to help us unravel all this.

00:19First of all, Camila, let's start with the half a million.

00:24Remind us again what that program was supposed to do.

00:26The Trump administration, John, is moving aggressively to dismantle President Biden's

00:31immigration legacy.

00:33And they are now in the process of terminating a process known as CHNV that was set up by

00:38the previous administration as a way to reduce illegal immigration at the U.S.-Mexico border

00:44by offering would-be migrants a legal and safe way to come here without the use of a

00:49smuggler and without the use of illegal entries into the U.S.

00:53About half a million people from Cuba, Haiti, Venezuela and Nicaragua entered the U.S. under

00:59that process, which required American sponsorships from people who were citizens or legal permanent

01:05residents here.

01:06And in the next 30 days, their work permits and deportation protections will be lapsed

01:12and terminated by the Department of Homeland Security, which is warning that if these people

01:16do not voluntarily depart the country, John, they will be found, arrested and deported

01:22from the country.

01:23In fact, the administration is saying that the people affected by this policy change

01:28should sign up to self-register on a smartphone app provided by the government and tell people

01:33that they will be departing the country.

01:35OK.

01:36I'd have to keep track of it all.

01:37But you've been keeping track, of course, of those Venezuelan migrants that have been

01:40sent to El Salvador.

01:42What more do we know about that group?

01:44Well, not only have the deportations to El Salvador triggered this contentious legal

01:49battle here in the U.S., John, but also a debate about who was actually sent to that

01:54Central American country.

01:56The administration is saying that all the Venezuelan men it sent there, 238 Venezuelan

02:01nationals, are part of the notorious transnational gang known as Tren de Aragua.

02:05But we have spoken to relatives and lawyers of the deportees, and they are strongly refuting

02:10those claims, saying that their loved ones and clients have no criminal records in the

02:16U.S. or abroad, and that they are not affiliated with this vicious gang.

02:20And they have actually presented to us documents that do, in fact, confirm that many of these

02:26deportees do not have criminal records.

02:28I will say that some officials have said that some of them do have criminal records, and

02:31we should underscore that.

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