Washington DC, Dec. 13 -- The Trump administration is ending family reunification parole programs for immigrants from several countries, citing abuse of the humanitarian parole process, Fox News reported.

The move applies to immigrants from Colombia, Cuba, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, and Honduras, and their immediate family members, the Department of Homeland Security said on Friday (local time).

"This administration is ending the abuse of humanitarian parole that allowed poorly vetted aliens to circumvent the traditional parole process," a DHS news release states. "Parole was never intended to be used in this way, and DHS is returning parole to a case-by-case basis as intended by Congress. Ending the FRP programs is a neces...