Yet another immigration attorney originally from Massachusetts was told to leave the country by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), becoming at least the third known American to receive the letter last Friday.
Pamela Rioles Saeed, 28, is a lawyer with Goldman & Goldman Immigration Law, a firm based in Tucson, Arizona. Saeed was born and raised by two American parents in Jamaica Plain in Boston, and moved to Arizona in 2018.
Saeed received the letter in her email from DHS on April 11, at 12:34 a.m., which began with the same line as the others, “It is time for you to leave the United States.”
It was the same day two other immigration attorneys who practice in Boston — Nicole Micheroni and Carmen Bello — said they received the letter, which told the lawyers, “DHS is now exercising its discretion to terminate your parole.”
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Saeed provided a copy of the letter to MassLive and said she feels “frustrated” the government was “so careless” to send the letters to people who are U.S. citizens. She has “no plans to leave the country” or “give any more energy than this carelessness deserves.”
“This email shows either gross incompetence or willful indifference from DHS,” Saeed said.
“It only serves to instill fear and disorder for those who received it. It offers no real notice to anyone because it was sent to citizens and noncitizens alike, without regard for their actual immigration status,” she said.
Saeed added she hadn’t received any follow-up communication from the government.
On Sunday, DHS gave a statement explaining that Customs and Border Protection is sending notices about parole termination for people who do not have lawful status to remain.
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Some notifications are going to American citizens in instances where an immigrant provided federal authorities with an attorney’s email address, the statement said.
“Notices may have been sent to unintended recipients,” DHS said.
“CBP is monitoring communications and will address any issues on a case-by-case basis,” the statement read.
Last week, the Trump administration began canceling the parole for migrants who were allowed into the country using the CBP One app since January 2023, the Associated Press reported. While it’s unclear how many beneficiaries would be affected, the government urged migrants to self-deport immediately.
The CBP One app allowed migrants to schedule appointments at legal ports of entry instead of crossing the border illegally to seek asylum, according to NPR.
A federal judge said on Thursday she would prevent the Trump administration from ordering more than 500,000 migrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela with temporary legal status to leave the country later this month.
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