Biden OK’d ‘Elvis Presley’ and ‘Connie Chung’ into US
Biden OK’d illegal immigrants ‘Elvis Presley’ and ‘Connie Chung’ into US
A trio of little-known Biden administration immigration programs that let 774,000 illegal immigrants into the United States were plagued with “widespread” fraud that opened the door to human trafficking networks, drug cartels, and even murderers, says a new audit.
In a damning review of former President Joe Biden’s immigration policy failures, the Government Accountability Office said the administration failed to catch even the most obvious fraud as it pushed to let in millions of immigrants through the so-called “parole” program.
For example, the program required migrants to have a U.S. sponsor, and many of those filed fraudulent documents. Several, said the GAO, used Elvis Presley’s Social Security number, while others included photos of former CBS news anchor Connie Chung and NCIS actress Cote de Pablo.
And in rubber-stamping the entry of the illegal immigrants, the administration’s border officers failed to check the background of many and never even asked the migrants why they thought they were eligible for the parole program.
“As a result of the lack of sufficient internal controls,” said the GAO, “some individuals perpetrated scams that exploited prospective beneficiaries and stole the identities of U.S. citizens.”
The audit added, “Fraud indicators were widespread.”
The independent audit reviewed three of the parole programs: “Uniting for Ukraine” let in 230,227 illegal immigrants; “Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans, and Venezuelans” brought in another 531,307; and “Family Reunification Parole” 12,268 more.
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GAO: The Connie Chung passport, Cote de Pablo driver’s license, and multiple uses of Elvis Presley’s Social Security number — for startershttps://t.co/FqHLXpnmu8 via @CIS_org
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The entries over two years were a part of Biden’s larger parole program, according to an analysis by former immigration judge Andrew Arthur, an analyst with the Center for Immigration Studies.
“Various administrations,” he said, “have abused that parole authority to allow in other classes of inadmissible aliens, but none held a candle to what Biden did.”
He said in a blog post today, “I added up the published statistics on Biden-era paroles and conservatively concluded that more than 2.863 million aliens — with no visas and no right to enter — had been ushered in under that ‘limited authority,’ more people than residents of 14 U.S. states. In most of those cases, the Biden administration created new parole programs to hide the burgeoning disaster at the Southwest border.”
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The GAO said that fraud was so bad that the Biden team eventually shut down parts of the programs, and Trump ended it on his Inauguration Day. However, many paroled into the U.S. by Biden for limited periods remained.
In response to the GAO, the Trump administration distanced itself from the fraud and blamed it all on Biden’s team. It also said that it is trying to round up all those who have overstayed their parole.
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