A large number of foreign nationals are waiting for approval to travel to the United States through President Joe Biden’s parole pipeline, according to federal documents. The documents, released by House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Mark Green, provide details on the administration’s CHNV program, which has allowed over 400,000 nationals from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela to fly to the U.S. at their own expense between January 2023 and March 2024.
The Department of Homeland Security has reported that approximately 1.6 million foreign nationals have applied for travel authorization under the CHNV program as of mid-October 2023. This number exceeds the populations of 11 states including Delaware, Rhode Island, Montana, and the Dakotas.
Despite the administration opening the parole pipeline for foreign nationals to travel to the U.S., they are still considered inadmissible under federal law. DHS officials have confirmed that all individuals paroled into the U.S. under the CHNV processes are considered inadmissible.
The CHNV program has approved foreign nationals to travel to the U.S. through over 50 airports in the U.S. and neighboring countries. The top American cities where CHNV applicants landed are Miami, Fort Lauderdale, New York City, Houston, Orlando, Los Angeles, Tampa, Dallas, San Francisco, Atlanta, Newark, Washington, D.C., Chicago, Las Vegas, and Austin.
The documents reveal the extent of the airports involved in facilitating the CHNV program. Chairman Green criticized Secretary Mayorkas for implementing an unlawful program that allows inadmissible aliens to fly directly into the U.S., calling it an impeachable offense.
