U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) released its latest statistics on Monday, showing that approximately 530,000 migrants flew into the U.S. and were paroled as part of the Biden Administration's controversial mass parole program for migrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela (CHNV).
The August report includes data after the Department of Homeland Security resumed processing new Advance Travel Authorizations (ATAs) for the CHNV program parole process.
Following an internal investigation, DHS implemented additional safeguards to the CHNV process, including rigorous enhanced vetting of U.S.-based donors and the incorporation of background and biometric screening.
In a press release on Monday, CBP said all CHNV beneficiaries are screened and identified by CBP prior to their arrival in the United States and must meet additional criteria to travel to the United States after purchasing their own commercial air ticket.
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About 530,000 migrants flew into the U.S. and were released on parole, the data showed. It also showed that about 813,000 migrants made appointments through the CBP One app at ports of entry and were released into the U.S.
Both are considered “legitimate pathways” into the United States and were created by the Biden administration.
However, these figures are not included in the Border Patrol data because they are not considered illegal crossings.
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A volunteer distributes employment and health care information during an Al Otro Lado training session in Tijuana, Mexico, Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2023. President Biden has argued that taking a more high-tech approach can bring order to the border while preserving pathways for people to enter the country legally. CBP One is part of that pledge, but advocates argue the app has serious flaws. (Sandy Huffaker/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Immigrants who participate in the CHNV program are paroled into the United States on a two-year humanitarian parole grant, which allows them to apply for work.
Fox News' Bill Melgin said every US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) source he's spoken to is saying the same thing: They don't have the manpower or resources to track down and deport so many people who have overstayed their two-year stay.
Additionally, ICE's backlog is expected to reach 8 million by the end of 2024, with each ICE agent handling an average of 7,000 cases.
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In addition to managing these cases, ICE is tasked with tracking and removing immigrants, felons and fugitives who have received final orders of removal.
A recent report by the DHS inspector general found that ICE does not have the organization to track and remove the additional people allowed under the Biden administration's program, nor does it have an agency monitoring expiring parole.
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Conservatives have long argued that the CHNV program is an abuse of parole power, which allows states to admit foreign nationals on a case-by-case basis for urgent humanitarian reasons or important public interest reasons. A coalition of Republican-leaning states filed a lawsuit against the program, but the lawsuit was dismissed by a district court judge earlier this year.
