Flávio Bolsonaro Says He Will Remain in the U.S. and Regularize His Status
Flávio Bolsonaro says he will stay in the United States and regularize his immigration status, arguing that once that process is complete no future government could reverse it after 2028.
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In a Nov. 13 interview in Washington with The Epoch Times host Jan Jekielek, the Brazilian senator said he intends to keep working with his party from abroad after last month’s presidential defeat.
Bolsonaro Vows to Stay in America
“I will remain here in the United States. I will regularize my immigration status,” he said.
“Once I complete this legal regularization process, I do not see how any government, regardless of who takes office after 2028, could simply reverse it out of revenge, resentment or hatred.”
U.S. Customs and Border Protection records show Bolsonaro was granted humanitarian parole after arriving in Miami on Oct. 28, with authorization running until Oct. 27, 2027.
Parole is a temporary permission to stay. It is not permanent residency or asylum, and it does not by itself make his status irreversible.
In the same interview, he said he plans to seek lawful permanent residency and cited fears of political persecution if he returned to Brazil.
Flight Follows Election Defeat
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva won a fourth term in the Oct. 25 runoff. Days later, Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes ordered Bolsonaro to surrender his passports.
Bolsonaro left Brazil, crossed into Argentina, and reached the United States. He has already said he will run for president again in 2030, or earlier if a new election is called.
He thanked President Donald Trump for “opening the doors of America to me and my family.”
Rep. Robert Garcia, the incoming House Oversight chair, has demanded that Secretary of State Marco Rubio return Bolsonaro to Brazil. Bolsonaro called that pressure a “hallmark of the global left” and said he has more faith in the U.S. justice system than in Brazil’s.
Bolsonaro Plans to Work From Abroad
“From here in the United States, I can have an active voice and speak in defense of my country,” he told Jekielek.
“I am working from here in the United States, guiding, talking with our base and making decisions jointly with those who are there.”
His Senate term runs until Jan. 31, 2027.
In related remarks, he said the only path he sees is a Republican in the White House, and that Americans still have two years to “regret what they did” in the midterms.
Praise for Milei After Argentina Transit
Bolsonaro confirmed he passed through Argentina and praised President Javier Milei, but declined to describe the escape in detail, saying people who helped him could be persecuted.
“President Milei is doing a brilliant job in Argentina,” he said, adding that Milei inherited years of left-wing governments and inflation above 100% a year.
He said Milei “is managing to leave Argentina in a much better condition than he found it.”
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