Migrants' parole at risk following new ICE directive

• Acting ICE secretary Benjamine C. Huffman in a memo also ordered officers to review cases of migrants here on parole and determine, "exercising your enforcement discretion," whether it remains appropriate.

Why it matters: As of November, more than 531,000 people from the four countries arrived in the U.S. under the parole program, according to the Miami Herald.

• The parole process allowed migrants to live and legally work in the country for two years.
• Mark Prada, a Miami-based immigration lawyer, told the Herald Huffman's directive could lead to agents picking migrants up at immigration courts and detaining them.

The big picture: The memo came days after President Trump signed a slew of executive orders aimed at reshaping the country's immigration policies, which could have an outsized impact on Florida's immigrant-heavy population.