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The Texas Tribune
The Texas Tribune
National
Uriel J. García

As Texas tries to end federal “parole” program for some immigrants, a Nicaraguan waits to see if he can stay

Members of the Texas National Guard and the Texas Department of Pubic Safety at the entrance to where hundreds of migrants wait to be processed by U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents inside a makeshift migrant camp about three hours after Title 42 ended at 9:59 p.m. local time, Friday, May 12, 2023, in El Paso.
Texas National Guard and state troopers stand by a gate in the border fence on May 12, 2023, in El Paso. A program launched by the Biden administration allows people from four countries to apply for "parole" and enter the U.S. legally if they have a U.S. sponsor. (Credit: Ivan Pierre Aguirre for The Texas Tribune)

Eric Sype was a 21-year-old Seattle University student when he arrived in a coastal city in Nicaragua in 2014 as part of an intership to help set up a bike rental company that would help fund educational scholarships for the city’s students.

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