On January 28, 2025, the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS”) announced that it is pausing acceptance of the Form I-134A, Online Request to be a Supporter and Declaration of Financial Support. The Form I-134A was created for prospective sponsors “to request to be a supporter and provide financial support to a beneficiary and undergo background checks as part of Uniting for Ukraine; the Processes for Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans, and Venezuelans; or the family reunification parole procedures”. The USCIS explained that it is pausing acceptance of the I-134A in accordance with President Donald Trump’s January 20, 2025 Executive Order titled Securing Our Borders. In section 7(b) of the Securing Our Borders order, President Trump directed the Secretary of Homeland Security to take appropriate action to “[t]erminate all categorical parole programs that are contrary to the policies of the United States established in my Executive Orders, including the program known as the “Processes for Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans, and Venezuelans.”
Senator Cotton Introduces the “No Safe Haven for Terrorist Families Act”
June 10, 2026
On Thursday, May 14, 2026, Senator Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) introduced the “No Safe Haven for Terrorist Families Act,” a bill that would establish an entirely new ground of inadmissibility and deportability under the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) for certain close relatives of persons designated as foreign terrorists or otherwise identified as hostile foreign actors.
