The Biden administration is using the Department of Homeland Security’s controversial Cuban, Haitian, Nicaraguan, and Venezuelan (CHNV) mass parole program to secretly smuggle foreign nationals into Florida who are not required to stay in Florida. is being sent to.
This apparent illegal immigration avoidance, which Republicans have called “illegal,” could have implications not only for the Sunshine State but for other parts of the country as well. Ultimately, DHS imports are likely to put additional stress on Florida’s citizen resources, such as hospitals.
recent reports It shows that $566 million was spent last year on behalf of illegal aliens.
background
Biden DHS launched the CHNV parole program in late 2022, apparently to ensure that potential illegal aliens don’t have to cross the border, and because of the Biden administration’s dire border crossing statistics. The aim is to lower the
DHS
announced In January 2023, CHNV immigrant candidates who “have a supporter in the United States, have passed a rigorous security screening, and meet other eligibility criteria” will be granted pre-clearance to fly to a U.S. inland port. You will be able to apply. The program grants up to 30,000 CHNV nationals per month parole for up to two years.
United States District Judge for the Southern District of Texas
I got it. In March, DHS announced it had approved 97.5% of applications for CHNV nationals through June 2023.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection shown As of March, “404,000 Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans, and Venezuelans arrived legally on commercial flights and were granted parole under these procedures. Specifically: 86,000 Cubans, 168,000 Haitians, 77,000 Nicaraguans, and 102,000 Venezuelans were tested and allowed to travel; 84,000 were not allowed to travel. 154,000 Haitians, 69,000 Nicaraguans, and 95,000 Venezuelans arrived legally and were granted parole. ”
In implementing the program, 21 states filed suit claiming that the program exceeded the authority of DHS and its Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. A notice and comment period could not be included. And capricious and capricious.
situation’
complaint He suggested that DHS “effectively created a new visa program without the need for legislative action by Congress.”
“The parole program established by the Department does not meet all conditions.
lawThree limiting factors. “This is not done on a case-by-case basis, is not for urgent humanitarian reasons, and does not advance any vital public interest,” the complaint continues, adding, “The Department has an additional 1 million undocumented immigrants. “We do not have the authority to invite more than one-third into the country,” he said. The United States does this every year as announced in this program. ”
Texas also argued that the CHNV program was also harmful because immigrants approved under the program are eligible for state services such as health care and public education.
report Texas Tribune.
U.S. District Judge Drew Tipton ruled in favor of the Biden administration on March 8, allowing the plan to continue.
terrible numbers
House Republicans appear before the Homeland Security Committee on Tuesday
revealed Details on some issues with the Biden Department of Homeland Security’s CHNV plan.
1.6 million people, according to internal data obtained by the committee through subpoena.
foreigners not accepted As of October 2023, these people are waiting for permission to travel under the CHNV program. If accepted by DHS, like the majority, they would join more than 400,000 others who entered the United States by air and were subsequently processed by DHS under the Inter-American Program. It will also include 200,000 immigrants. January and August – most of which ended up in Florida.
The committee noted that 91,821 immigrants entered Miami, Florida during that eight-month period. 60,461 people flew into Ft. Lauderdale; 6,043 people arrived in Orlando. And 3,237 people arrived in Tampa under the program.
The top 15 airport locations used for the CHNV program also included New York City, which hosted 14,827 from January to August 2023. Houston, 7,923; Los Angeles, 3,237; Dallas, 2,256; San Francisco, 2,052; Atlanta, 1,796; Washington, DC, with 1,472 accepted.
Internal DHS documents make clear that there is no legal basis for any immigrant to enter the United States, stating that “all individuals paroled into the United States, including those paroled under the CHNV process, are Therefore, they will not be allowed to enter the country.”
“These documents will ensure that rejected aliens are transported to every corner of the country, from Orlando and Atlanta to Las Vegas,” committee chairman Rep. Mark Green (R-Tenn.) said in a statement. “It exposes the extraordinary efforts that Secretary Mayorkas is making to get there.” And Secretary Mayorkas’ CHNV parole program in San Francisco is an illegal ploy used to hide the worsening border crisis from the American public. ”
“The implementation of a program that allows the direct admission of otherwise inadmissible aliens into the United States without a significant public interest or urgent humanitarian reason as defined in the Immigration and Nationality Act is worthy of impeachment. It has been proven to be a crime,” Green added.
Jeremy Redfern, press secretary for Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R);
Said FOX News said in a statement: “Mr. Biden’s parole plan is illegal and an abuse of constitutional authority. The state of Florida is currently suing Mr. Biden to halt it, and we believe we will prevail. ” he said.
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