{"id":2319298,"date":"2024-08-05T09:18:01","date_gmt":"2024-08-05T13:18:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dhs-suspends-parole-program-flights-months-before-election-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-08-05T09:25:23","modified_gmt":"2024-08-05T13:25:23","slug":"dhs-suspends-parole-program-flights-months-before-election-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dhs-suspends-parole-program-flights-months-before-election-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"DHS suspends parole program flights months before election &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/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%2Fdhs-suspends-parole-program-flights-months-before-election-washington-examiner%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=2319298&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>The Biden administration has recently suspended its \u2062&#8221;CHNV parole program,&#8221; which facilitated the\u2064 entry\u2062 of migrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, \u200dand \u200cVenezuela into the United States. This decision comes just three months before the November\u200c elections, where \u2064Vice President Kamala Harris is expected to run for president. The Department of Homeland\u200b Security \u200b(DHS) has paused issuing travel authorizations for new migrants as it conducts a review of the program amid allegations of significant fraud.<\/p>\n<p>The program, which allowed unauthorized migrants to enter the U.S. through flights funded \u2062by taxpayers, was created by Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas. Concerns have been raised by multiple sources, including a coalition of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dems-include-money-for-abortion-providers-in-1-9-trillion-covid-aid-package\/\" title=\"Dems Include Money for Abortion Providers in .9 Trillion COVID Aid Package\">state attorneys general<\/a> and members\u200c of Congress, \u2064claiming\u2063 that\u200d the program\u200b operates as \u200dan illegal visa system. Internal reviews revealed thousands of fraudulent \u2063applications, leading to doubts about the vetting process for those entering the country through\u2064 this program.<\/p>\n<p>DHS statistics indicated\u2064 that nearly half a million migrants were flown in under this program, despite having no legal \u2063basis for entry, contributing to \u2064claims of increasing illegal immigration. \u2062Recent investigations \u2062suggested that the number of inadmissible aliens awaiting travel authorizations may \u2063be as high as 1.6 million. The suspension of the CHNV program raises significant questions about the administration&#8217;s handling of \u200cborder \u200bsecurity and immigration laws.  <\/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<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">DHS suspends parole program flights months before election<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1722157\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>(The Center Square) &ndash; Three months before the November election in which Vice President Kamala Harris is the Democratic nominee for president, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security says it is suspending a parole program she, as the president&rsquo;s &ldquo;border czar,&rdquo; has overseen with DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas.<\/p>\n<p>DHS announced on Friday that it was suspending flights it had been using for years to bring Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans, and Venezuelans into the country, who otherwise do not qualify for legal entry under current law.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Out of an abundance of caution, DHS has temporarily paused the issuance of advanced travel authorizations for new beneficiaries while it undertakes a review of supporter applications. DHS will restart application processing as quickly as possible, with appropriate safeguards,&rdquo; DHS spokeswoman Erin Heeter said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>Mayorkas created the &ldquo;CHNV parole program&rdquo; to fly in hundreds of thousands of CHNV parolees at the taxpayer&rsquo;s expense. It&rsquo;s one of more than a dozen issues identified by the U.S. House on Homeland Security as evidence to impeach Mayorkas, The Center Square first reported.<\/p>\n<p>A coalition of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/21-attorneys-general-call-on-biden-to-treat-mexican-drug-cartels-like-the-terrorist-organizations-they-are\/\" title=\"21 Attorneys General Call On Biden To Treat Mexican Drug Cartels Like The Terrorist Organizations They Are\">21 attorneys general<\/a>, led by Texas, also sued to stop it, arguing it&rsquo;s an &ldquo;illegal visa system.&rdquo; Federal judges and members of Congress also argue that it&rsquo;s illegal.<\/p>\n<p>An internal review from the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services identified tens of thousands of potentially fraudulent CHNV applications. Foreign nationals released into the country used fake Social Security Numbers, fake phone numbers and listed the same physical address on nearly 20,000 applications, according to several news reports.<\/p>\n<p>Mayorkas and other Biden administration officials have claimed those released into the country were &ldquo;thoroughly vetted.&rdquo; Multiple DHS Inspector General reports have found this not to be the case, including one that found no vetting was conducted at a major international airport prior to releasing them into the U.S., The Center Square reported.<\/p>\n<p>Mayorkas, President Joe Biden and others have argued that illegal border crossings are down by not counting those being released through the parole program, The Center Square first reported. Instead of being counted as illegal border crossers between ports of entry, nearly half a million were flown into the country through the program contrary to federal law, The Center Square reported. They include 104,130 Cubans, 194,027 Haitians, 86,101 Nicaraguans, and 110,541 Venezuelans, according to recent U.S. Customs and Border Protection data.<\/p>\n<p>But these numbers are actually higher.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;As of mid-October 2023, there were 1.6 million inadmissible aliens awaiting travel authorizations through the CHNV program,&rdquo; the U.S. House Committee on Homeland Security found as part of an investigation into the program. It also discovered that DHS was using 50 airports worldwide to fly them in, The Center Square reported.<\/p>\n<p>None have a legal basis to enter the U.S. before being paroled through the CHNV program, DHS documents the committee obtained state.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;All individuals paroled into the United States are, by definition, inadmissible, including those paroled under the CHNV Processes,&rdquo; one of the DHS documents states.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, CHNV parolees are being arrested nationwide for committing brutal, violent crimes against Americans, The Center Square reported.<\/p>\n<p>Suspending the CHNV flights, U.S. House Committee on Homeland Security Chairman Mark Green, R-Tenn., said, &ldquo;vindicates every warning we have ever issued about the unlawful CHNV mass-parole program. It also exposes the lie by administration officials, like now-impeached DHS Secretary Mayorkas, about the quality and extent of the vetting process&mdash;not just for the inadmissible aliens seeking entry, but those attempting to sponsor them. We issued a subpoena last year to compel documents regarding this program, and while DHS partially complied, the department remains delinquent in producing certain documents and communications relating to the program.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This is exactly what happens when you create an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/catastrophic-biden-admin-releases-april-southern-border-encounter-numbers\/\" title=\"Biden Administration Releases Alarming April Border Encounter Figures\">unlawful mass-parole program<\/a> in order to spare your administration the political embarrassment and bad optics of overrun borders,&rdquo; he said, adding that the CHNV program should be immediately terminated.<\/p>\n<p>With Texas leading the charge to stop the CHNV program, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said, &ldquo;Biden\/Harris want you to think he secured the border. They just bypassed it by flying illegal immigrants OVER the border. They say they are curbing illegal immigration when in reality they are an accomplice to it.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton also said, &ldquo;After shipping hundreds of thousands of foreign nationals across America, the Biden-Harris Administration now admits that the program is rife with fraud. The CHNV program has been a DISASTER for this country in addition to being blatantly ILLEGAL. That&rsquo;s why I sued Biden last year to stop the program and look forward to arguing the case before the 5th Circuit. We must close the border, end the loopholes, and finally put America first.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Mayorkas changed or created many new parole policies after some countries refused to accept their citizens being deported back from the U.S., The Center Square reported. Instead of detaining and removing them, he directed federal agents to release them into the U.S.<\/p>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1722157\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1722157\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DHS halts parole program flights ahead of election (The Center Square) \u2013 Just three months before the November election, where Vice President Kamala Harris is the Democratic presidential nominee, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security has announced a suspension of a parole program that she has managed alongside DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. On Friday, DHS revealed it would stop flights that have been used for years to bring Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans, and Venezuelans into the U.S., who do not meet current legal entry requirements. &#8220;Out of an abundance of caution, DHS has temporarily paused issuing advanced travel authorizations for new beneficiaries while reviewing supporter applications. We will resume application processing as quickly as possible with appropriate safeguards,&#8221; stated DHS spokeswoman Erin Heeter. Mayorkas initiated the &#8220;CHNV parole program&#8221; to transport hundreds of thousands of CHNV parolees at taxpayer expense. This initiative is among several issues identified by the U.S. House on Homeland Security as grounds for impeaching Mayorkas, according to The Center Square&#8217;s initial report. A coalition led by Texas&#8217; attorney general also filed a lawsuit against it, claiming it constitutes an &#8220;illegal visa system.&#8221; Federal judges and some Congress members have echoed this sentiment regarding its legality. An internal review from U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services found tens of thousands of potentially fraudulent CHNV applications; foreign nationals released into the country reportedly used fake Social Security Numbers and phone numbers while listing identical physical addresses on nearly 20,000 applications based on various news reports. Despite claims from Mayorkas and other Biden administration officials that those released were &#8220;thoroughly vetted,&#8221; multiple reports from DHS Inspector General have contradicted this assertion\u2014one noted no vetting occurred at a major international airport prior to their release into the U.S., as reported by The Center Square.<\/p>\n<p>Mayorkas and President Joe Biden have suggested that illegal border crossings are down because they do not count individuals released through this parole program; instead of being classified as illegal border crossers between ports of entry, nearly half a million were flown in through this program in violation of federal law\u2014this includes 104,130 Cubans, 194,027 Haitians, 86,101 Nicaraguans, and 110541 Venezuelans according to recent data from U.S Customs and Border Protection.<\/p>\n<p>However these figures may be understated: \u201cAs mid-October 2023 approached,\u201d findings from the House Committee on Homeland Security indicated there were approximately 1.6 million inadmissible aliens awaiting travel authorizations via CHNV program; they also discovered that DHS was utilizing around 50 airports globally for these operations without any legal basis for their entry prior to being paroled under CHNV processes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEvery individual paroled into America is considered inadmissible,\u201d one document obtained by committee states regarding those under CHNV Processes.<\/p>\n<p>Moreover nationwide arrests indicate some CHNV parolees are involved in serious violent crimes against Americans according to The Center Square\u2019s reporting.<\/p>\n<p>In response to suspending these flights Chairman Mark Green (R-Tenn.) remarked: \u201cThis vindicates every warning we\u2019ve issued about unlawful mass-parole programs like CHNV&#8230; It exposes falsehoods propagated by administration officials about vetting quality\u2014not just concerning inadmissible aliens but also sponsors.\u201d He emphasized last year\u2019s subpoena aimed at obtaining documents related to this initiative remains partially unfulfilled due diligence-wise.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis situation exemplifies what occurs when an unlawful mass-parole scheme is implemented merely for political optics surrounding border management,\u201d he asserted calling for immediate termination thereof.<br \/>\nTexas Governor Greg Abbott criticized Biden\/Harris\u2019 approach stating they want people believing borders are secure while actually circumventing them via air transportations over land borders\u2014claiming they\u2019re complicit rather than curbing illegal immigration.<br \/>\nTexas Attorney General Ken Paxton added: \u201cAfter relocating hundreds-of-thousands across America\u2014the Biden-Harris Administration now acknowledges rampant fraud within their system&#8230; This has been disastrous alongside its blatant illegality prompting my lawsuit against them which I look forward arguing before Fifth Circuit.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Mayorkas had modified or established numerous new policies after certain nations declined accepting deported citizens back from US territory instead directing agents towards releasing them domestically per The Center Square\u2019s report<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2319299,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/border-patrol-migrants-down.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[7492,3728,11127,37190,32076],"class_list":["post-2319298","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-dhs","tag-election","tag-flights","tag-parole-program","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/border-patrol-migrants-down.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2319298","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2319298"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2319298\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2319299"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2319298"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2319298"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2319298"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}