The Biden-Harris administration on Monday boasted about a recent decline in illegal border crossings, even as the latest immigration data showed hundreds of thousands of migrants have been allowed into the U.S. through alternative routes set up by the White House.
Encounters between ports of entry have fallen by more than 50% since President Joe Biden announced an executive order in June limiting the number of illegal crossings at the U.S.-Mexico border. According to A press release from the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP). However, the press release also revealed that more than 500,000 foreign nationals have flown into the country through the Mass Parole Program, and nearly one million more foreign nationals have scheduled appointments with the U.S. government in hopes of entering the country. (Related article: Illegal immigrant re-enters US after being convicted of child sex abuse and deported)
“CBP continues to implement the Border Security Interim Final Rule, imposing tough penalties on illegal entry, and encounter rates between ports of entry remain at their lowest levels in recent years,” Acting CBP Commissioner Troy Miller boasted in a CBP press release.
According to a CBP press release, approximately 530,000 Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans and Venezuelans have flown into the country and been released on parole under an initiative launched by the Biden-Harris administration called the CHNV Program. Additionally, approximately 813,000 migrants have scheduled interview appointments at ports of entry since the launch of the CBP One app in January 2023.
Border Patrol agents encountered about 58,000 migrants attempting to cross the U.S.-Mexico border illegally in August. According to The figures mark the first increase in illegal crossings at the southern border since February, after a steady monthly decline, according to the latest CBP data.
Initially Release CHNV for Venezuelans in October 2022 Later expansion It will expand to Cubans, Nicaraguans and Haitians in January 2023. The parole program provides two-year entry and work authorization to foreign nationals who have not previously entered the country illegally and who pass other vetting processes.
A U.S. Border Patrol agent looks on as migrants who crossed the border from Mexico wait to board a U.S. Border Patrol bus for processing, in Yuma, Arizona, on May 18, 2022. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)
The Department of Homeland Security suspended CHNV in August after reports of widespread fraud, but then rushed to relaunch the mass parole program just weeks later. An internal audit found numerous inconsistencies, including that more than 100,000 CHNV forms had been filled out by fewer than 4,000 applicants and that Social Security numbers were being attributed to deceased individuals who were sponsored by them.
House Homeland Security Chairman Mark Green Previously referenced He accused CHNV and the CBP One app of being a “large shell game” that allows inadmissible foreigners to enter the country legally instead of crossing the border illegally.
The administration also noted that since Biden's executive order took effect in June, the Department of Homeland Security has deported more than 131,000 foreign nationals to more than 140 countries, nearly tripling the percentage of foreign nationals who received expedited removal processing.
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