That means immigrants sponsored by the program “must depart the United States” by 24 April unless they have secured another immigration status allowing them to remain in the country, the order says.

But the Department of Homeland Security stressed Friday that the scheme was “temporary.”

Venezuelans deported from the United States arrive at Simon Bolivar International Airport on February 24. Credit: Jesus Vargas/Getty Images

“Parole is inherently temporary, and parole alone is not an underlying basis for obtaining any immigration status, nor does it constitute an admission to the United States,” it said in the order.

Trump last week invoked rare wartime legislation to fly more than 200 alleged members of a Venezuelan gang to El Salvador, which has offered to imprison migrants and even the US citizens at a discount.