Republicans on the House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday slammed U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) Director Ur Jadou, accusing his leadership and the Biden administration of accepting large numbers of illegal immigrants and “riddled with fraud.” They accused him of running a humanitarian parole program.
USCIS is a federal agency designed to oversee legal immigration into the United States
“It's a complete failure,” Texas Congressman Troy Neals told Jadu.
“The American people are fed up and tired. You should all be fired. You're going to be fired soon because the American people are saying, 'We're not going to tolerate this anymore.' ” he added.
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Ur Jadu is the director of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. (American voice)
Congressman Tom McClintock, head of the Subcommittee on Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement, also elaborated on Jadu, saying, “If anyone is wondering why real wages for working families have declined under this administration, , look no further than the government agencies we have in front of us today.” . ”
He continued: “Our subcommittee notes that millions of reliable fear interviews are not conducted before immigrants who enter the country illegally are subsequently released into the country. How do you explain it?'' he said.
Jadu tried to explain by saying that USCIS, which gets its money primarily from applicant fees, is underfunded.
McClintock countered that “before we opened our borders, these fees were more than enough to conduct interviews, but under your administration that is not the case.”
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The chair noted that, according to the subcommittee's November report, Cuban, Haitian, and Nicaraguan nationals, known as CHNV, were used to allow more than 530,000 immigrants from these countries into the United States. He took particular issue with the parole program for Venezuelans.
The CHNV program was launched by the Biden administration in January 2023 and allows up to 30,000 immigrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela to enter the United States each month. It was suspended by the government in July over concerns of fraud, but was reinstated just a few weeks later.
“They took away the parole authority, which requires a case-by-case consideration of individual exigent circumstances to grant temporary admission to the United States, and used it for fraud-riddled Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans, Venezuelans, etc. “This has turned into a mass entry of more than 500,000 people, up to 1,000 cases a day,” McClintock said.
Haitian migrants who have been approved for humanitarian parole cheer as they board a bus transporting migrants to the United States at the Senda de Vida shelter in Reynosa, Mexico, on August 30, 2022. (Michael Nigro/Getty Images)
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McClintock also criticized USCIS for not properly vetting CHNV sponsors and not allowing immigrants to sponsor each other.
“Literally, one parolee can arrive in this country at once, receive indefinite status, and register as an underwriter for the next parolee. This is all an attempt to pervert and ignore the law. “It's illegal chain migration on steroids, enabled by government agencies,” he said. .
Under further scrutiny from Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan, Jadu acknowledged that the program allows immigrants to sponsor other immigrants. He said 86% of CHNV's parole sponsors are U.S. citizens and legal residents, and questions remain about the remaining 14%.
Arizona Congressman Andy Biggs dug further, asking Mr. Jadu about the widespread abuse of the CHNV program by immigrants, stating that the same Social Security number, email, zip code, and answer were used in hundreds or thousands of sponsorship applications across multiple sponsorship applications. I gave an example where it is also used.
“This program is rife with fraud,” Biggs said, adding, “We shut down the program because it was rampant, but we didn't fix it. The fraud continues.” Ta.
A migrant flight takes off from Texas to Chicago on December 19, 2023. (Governor Greg Abbott)
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“Do you know how we can reduce illegal immigration, as the left says? It's that simple: Make illegal immigration legal,” said Rep. Wesley Hunt of Texas.
“Biden was angry that Americans were complaining about the increase in illegal immigration at the border.” “So what did Biden do? He legalized illegal immigration by expanding the purpose of parole to suit his needs.”
Jadu maintained throughout the hearing that his agency effectively manages missions including the CHNV program, which he said is only “a small part” of an “overall border management strategy.”
“It doesn’t work alone,” she said. “Long-term enforcement measures do not work in isolation, which is why this process is so important.”
