{"id":2241143,"date":"2024-05-09T17:07:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-09T21:07:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republicans-move-to-expose-biden-for-flying-in-400000-unvetted-migrants\/"},"modified":"2024-05-09T17:12:36","modified_gmt":"2024-05-09T21:12:36","slug":"republicans-move-to-expose-biden-for-flying-in-400000-unvetted-migrants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republicans-move-to-expose-biden-for-flying-in-400000-unvetted-migrants\/","title":{"rendered":"Republicans seek to unveil Biden&#8217;s transport of 400,000 &#8216;unvetted&#8217; migrants"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Frepublicans-move-to-expose-biden-for-flying-in-400000-unvetted-migrants%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2241143&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>House\u2064 Republicans \u2062are\u2064 pressuring the Biden administration to disclose \u2063the entry of hundreds of thousands of migrants through bypassing \u2064the\u200b southern border\u200c and flying directly \u200binto the\u200d US. Missouri lawmakers seek\u200c details on the parole\u2064 process allowing 400,000 non-U.S. citizens entry.\u2064 Concerns arise over the CHNV program facilitating\u200c migrants\u200d from authoritarian countries to\u200d enter the US.\u200d House Republicans are \u200cpressuring the \u200bBiden administration to \u200dreveal the entry of hundreds of thousands \u200dof migrants bypassing the \u200bsouthern border and arriving in the\u200c US directly. Missouri lawmakers are \u200cseeking information \u200don \u200bhow\u200c 400,000 non-U.S. citizens entered via the parole process. There are concerns about the CHNV program \u2063allowing\u2062 migrants from authoritarian nations to enter the US.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>EXCLUSIVE \u2014<\/strong> House Republicans are upping the pressure for the Biden administration to disclose the extent to which it has allowed hundreds of thousands of migrants to bypass the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/border-crisis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>southern border<\/a> and fly directly into the United States from abroad.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/missouri\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Missouri<\/a> lawmakers in the House sent Homeland Security Secretary <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/alejandro-mayorkas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Alejandro Mayorkas<\/a> a letter Thursday requesting details on the approximately 400,000 non-U.S. citizens the Biden administration has used the parole process on to wave foreigners into the country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDespite allowing over 10 million illegal crossings at our southern border, the President is still finding new ways to bring foreign nationals into our country,\u201d Rep. Mark Alford (R-MO) said. \u201cPresident Biden has ignored the rule of law and allowed almost half a million individuals to fly directly into the United States.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In early 2023, the Department of Homeland Security announced it was expanding U.S. Customs and Border Protection\u2019s phone app, CBP One, to include a new feature that allowed up to 30,000 migrants from four countries with authoritarian governments \u2014 Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela \u2014 to\u00a0fly into the U.S. for inspection, and they could then possibly be paroled into the country. The initiative is known as the CHNV program.<\/p>\n<p>Through the program, residents from those countries request \u201cadvance travel authorization\u201d through the CBP One mobile app to take commercial flights \u201cat their own expense\u201d directly to U.S. airports. The app itself does not <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/robert-f-kennedys-assassin-granted-parole-in-calif\/\" title=\"Robert F. Kennedy\u2019s assassin granted parole in Calif.\">grant parole<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Citizens of those four countries who are applying from abroad to fly into the U.S. for an appointment with customs at the airport must have a sponsor in the country willing to support them financially, undergo security vetting, prove they can pay for a plane ticket to a U.S. airport, be vaccinated for measles, polio, and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/coronavirus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>coronavirus<\/a>, and travel within 90 days.<\/p>\n<p>But Republicans raised concerns from the get-go that the move was a roundabout way to lower illegal immigration numbers by allowing otherwise inadmissible migrants into the country, hidden in plain sight at airports nationwide.<\/p>\n<p>A recent Fox News <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BillMelugin_\/status\/1785400318135836950\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>report<\/a> on airport arrivals in the first eight months after its rollout revealed that migrants using the program have flown into 45 U.S. airports, largely ones in South Florida. Flights have also arrived in Missouri, raising the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidens-tech-agenda-in-jeopardy-over-opposition-to-partisan-nominees\/\" title=\"Biden\u2019s Tech Agenda In Jeopardy Over Opposition To \u2018Partisan\u2019 Nominees\">lawmakers\u2019 concerns<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Once in the U.S., a CBP officer will determine whether the immigrant should be granted parole and given permission to reside in the U.S. for two years if he or she meets \u201curgent humanitarian or significant public benefit reasons.\u201d The Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965 does not specify what \u201curgent humanitarian\u201d or \u201csignificant public benefit\u201d can include or not include.<\/p>\n<p>The six GOP lawmakers \u2014 Reps. Ann Wagner, Blaine Luetkemeyer, Sam Graves, Eric Burlison, Jason Smith, and Alford \u2014\u00a0told Mayorkas in the letter that the DHS has gone \u201cfar beyond\u201d its authority as outlined in the 1965 Immigration and Nationality Act.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Biden Administration has abused this authority to grant mass parole to foreign nationals based on state of origin, blatantly ignoring the law\u2019s case-by-case basis provision,\u201d the letter stated. \u201cThe INA explicitly states that granting parole does not change an individual\u2019s immigration status, and that the individual must be returned to their home country and that their case shall \u2018continue to be dealt with in the same manner as that of any other applicant for admission to the United States.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Lawmakers asked for the DHS to provide by the end of May how the government is tracking the 400,000 migrants admitted through the CHNV program and how it plans to ensure each migrant is removed from the U.S. since parole is only intended to last for two years.<\/p>\n<p>The Biden administration has maintained that the CHNV initiative is a lawful use of parole authority and that it has deterred migrants from paying criminal organizations to smuggle them over the southern border.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In an exclusive move, House Republicans are intensifying efforts to urge the Biden administration to reveal details on allowing hundreds of thousands of migrants to bypass the southern border and enter the US by air. 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