{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://sablan.house.gov/press-release/reminder-october-28-deadline-apply-re-parole", "Reminder: October 28 deadline  to apply for re-parole", "2019-10-23", "2019", "2019-10", "Democrat", "House", "MP", "Gregorio Sablan", "S001177", "sablan.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "WASHINGTON, DC  The 1,039 persons who may be eligible for permanent status in the Marianas, provided by the Northern Mariana Islands Long-Term Residents Relief Act, are reminded that October 28 is the deadline to apply to maintain their interim, temporary parole status.\nThe Act, Public Law 116-24, was signed by President Trump on June 25. The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services immediately issued an automatic 120-day extension of parole for those covered by the new law.\nAt the time, USCIS announced that parolees who wanted to maintain their parole status beyond the 120 daysending Monday, October 28needed to submit a re-parole request. Individuals submitting a re-parole request would then receive a letter from USCIS granting a further parole period. There is no fee to file the request.\nCongressman Gregorio Kilili Camacho Sablan wrote Public Law 116-24 to provide permanent status in the Marianas for parents and spouses of U.S. citizens, in-home caregivers, certain stateless individuals, and immediate relatives of persons granted permanent status by CNMI immigration law. All 1,039 had been granted humanitarian parole, when U.S. immigration law first came into effect in the Marianas; but the Trump administration ended that parole program.\nSablan's law was enacted just days before the parolees would otherwise have been forced to leave the Marianas. USCIS issued the automatic 120-day extension to give the agency time to establish procedures for obtaining the new permanent status provided in Sablan's law.\nSo far, however, the Trump administration has not issued the necessary regulations.\nParolees who had employment authorizations, or EADs, also got an automatic 120-day extension until October 28. Parolees wanting to work beyond that date were to apply first for re-parole. After receiving a grant of parole beyond October 28, they could file a Form I-765 to apply for employment authorization.\nComplete information on the parole extension process is available online at https://www.uscis.gov/news/alerts/northern-mariana-islands-long-term-legal-residents-relief-act-guidance-certain-individuals-present-commonwealth-northern-mariana-islands-cnmi.\nInformation about applying for parole can be found at https://www.uscis.gov/laws/immigration-commonwealth-northern-mariana-islands-cnmi/parole-immediate-relatives-us-citizens-and-certain-stateless-individuals\n-30-", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://sablan.house.gov/press-release/reminder-october-28-deadline-apply-re-parole"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 4.843767266720533, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}