House Republicans demand answers over 320,000 illegal immigrants flown into the US | Just The News
By: Madeleine Hubbard (Just The News)
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House Republicans are demanding answers from the Biden administration after newly surfaced documents show that about 320,000 illegal immigrants from Latin America were flown into cities across the United States amid already record-high numbers of migrant encounters at the southern Border.
Nearly two dozen House Republicans sent a letter Friday to Customs and Border Protection acting commissioner Troy Miller after the Center for Immigration Studies obtained information through a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit that showed 43 U.S. airports have received 320,000 illegal immigrants in 2023 alone.
The lawmakers are asking the acting commissioner to answer questions about the program, such as which cities the illegal immigrants are being flown into, what dates the flights occurred and how much the flights cost.
The Republicans also expressed concerns that "there could be additional illegal immigrants on the terrorist watch list who could be flown into cities across the United States" through the federal program.
The number of migrants flown into the U.S. by the government is significantly larger than those transported to major cities by Texas GOP Gov. Greg Abbott, who has been blamed for an influx of migrants across the nation due to his Operation Lone Star program. Texas officials have transported more than 105,300 migrants throughout the U.S. by Texas officials, the governor's office said Friday.
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It's very telling that the Democrats are not asking the same questions.
Almost as if they are complicit with illegal immigration and the effects it's having on the country.
And just like all far-right wing accusations, it didn't happen.
And you actually think you are going to be believed?
True, initiated by the far right extremist group CIS, picked up by the Daily Mail ( Don't you miss the National Enquirer?)
then the Daily Mail article was pushed on TwitterX by Elon Musk the Magnificent(/s).
Then pushed by the usual sources that do not vet any story that agrees with their pre-existing bias or hatred.
What could go wrong?
Hence the lack of coverage.
...and?
Part of a government program to prequalify and vet asylum seekers before they showed up at any border
and they paid for their own airfare.
CIS used a FOIA request and then a lawsuit to find information already on the US Governments website.
Waste of time.
Biden granted at least 1 million 'Parole' since he has been in office. Parole was created under a 1952 law, allows the president to admit people “only on a case-by-case basis for urgent humanitarian reasons or significant public benefit.”
One million or 333,333 per year or 913 per day or 130 per hour. A federal work day is 7 hour plus two 15 min breaks and 30 min for lunch.
How many cases can one worker evaluate case-by-case basis for urgent humanitarian reasons? Can you do 2 1/2 per day, do we have 52 Feds doing nothing but this vetting or is the vetting more on a group-by-group basis?
Another bottom line up front:
Biden has done an end run with a law to greatly expand immigration. Under this law, Obama used it to admit an average of 5,000 per year, Trump an average of 6,000 per year. Biden has used it to admit:
FY 2021: No Data Available
FY 2022: 795,561
FY 2023: 802,764 (partial total, awaiting Q4 numbers)
Is this greatly expanded increase due to a much greater urgent humanitarian crises? Is being poor in Nicaragua a more urgent humanitarian crises than being poor in Burundi or South Sudan or a number of other African countries?
Well the article does say that this program did not start until 2022.
It also says that the limit was 24,000 a month but has since been raised to 30,000 per month for 2024.
What it does not say is how long it takes to get approval on line.
Remember, these people have to have access to a computer and the means to buy air fare.
I take that to mean, not so poor that they walk from Brazil to the States.
The law was past in the 50’s.
Brazil?
The parole law. Not the Biden programs interpretation of it in 2022.
It's a country in SA.
But not in Biden’s program interpretation.
Like I said they walked here.
Do you honestly want to argue about whether Cubans, Haitians, Venezuelans or Nicaraguans are more deserving?
versus letting in zero?
Maybe they are just under represented when compared to Brazilians,
I am not going to stay up and debate it.
Talk tomorrow
30,000 per month is 360,000 not the 800,000 + reported for 2023.
The government numbers were 320,000, the same number CIS is tossing about.
Not sure where you got your numbers since there was no link.
Thanks, I had a wrong number, as of Jan 24, the number was 357,000.
I had a wrong number recently and a phone stalker. Turns out SiriusXM just cannot take no for an answer.
They even call from different "unavailable" numbers.
Sorry, I am not going to pay for radio in a car, least of all a car we use less than 100 miles a month
I started XM radio around 22 years ago and dropped SiruisXM around 5 years ago after to many hassles on keeping the billing straight across three cars.
I listen to NPR on the commute and albums on my phone on long drives.
love NPR, and searching for the right station driving cross country, lol
Don’t worry, when the White House communications staff will doctor the language like they did for the transcript of Biden’s state of the union and they will magically change from “illegals” to 320,000 Legals
I've already seen an article today about Traitor Joe apologizing to illegals for calling them what they are - ILLEGALS.
He went on to say that they built America.
Mayorkas: We don't use the term illegal immigrant we call them a noncitizen to give them dignity?
And that is what they should remain until death.
He never apologized to Laken Reilly for messing her name up the one time he deigned to mention it, nor to the border crossing agents who he lied about whipping illegal immigrants.
he only apologized for correctly calling an illegal alien who brutally murdered a 20 year old girl an illegal. That’s where the progressive lefts loyalty lies.
I only want to know what Mayorkas calls the victims.
It's actually "Riley".
Really? THAT is the problem you have with that situation?
Who the fuck is “Lincoln Riley”?
That's akin to Grace Slick and Starship singing "We Built This City".
You're the one concerned about getting her name right, aren't you?
And thank your for proving a point.
He got her name wrong. You got her name wrong. He has a speech impediment. You had the internet at hand.
And he needs to apologize to her for that. Just like he apologized for calling an illegal an illegal. I never got her name wrong.
That pathetic excuse again.
Ok, my bad. I didn't see I wasn't replying to Sean now.
But Sean did get her name wrong, which is ironic, considering the context. I don't expect anybody who displays such irrational hatred of Biden to recognize that, though.
Which brings me to my point. You're not paying attention. You are so blindly adamant to point out something as petty as the spelling of a name that you are completely ignoring that the name that was spoken, was not the name of the deceased person who was killed.
The whole purpose of this article was to highlight the problems with the illegal immigration and point out those behind it. Instead you've made excuses.
Her last name wasn't Reilly, either.
yes, I misspelled her name using a variant of Riley that I'm more familiar with. But I know her name and If I had been speaking it would have been correct. I did not misidentify her as a football coach.
Riley and Reilly, despite spelled differently, are both pronounced the same. Laken and Lincoln? There are vast differences in both spelling and pronunciation. So where is your criticism of THAT? Why not demand an apology for that?
They're still not the same name, Jeremy. If one is going to throw stones, one should check that one isn't living in a glass house.
So you're choosing to criticize Sean for a misspelling instead of criticizing Biden for saying the wrong persons name. I can't say I'm surprised.
I said Biden got the name wrong. That does not negate the fact that Sean got the name wrong, too.
I'd never have said anything about it if Sean hadn't spelled the name wrong while critcizing Biden for getting the name wrong.
I found that to be amusing.
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There will be a special Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on the threats coming out of the border crisis today at 2:30.
I expect a lot of bullshit from Democrats justifying their stance on their open border.
We've gone from "it's a fallacy" to "we need the workers."
End welfare in all areas as long as jobs are available.
Where did your border crisis parents come from?
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Seems our leftist liberal NT members are shying away from this article as well. What a surprise.
On here they tried to make a point: that being: that if a health young man can get a name wrong it excuses an 81-year-old from the same error. Of course, that would never apply if the 81-year-old was constantly in a state of confusion AND running for president of the United States.
I still call them feral cats
Yep.
What a knee-jerk orgy of stupidity.
These people are not illegals.
Here's a fact check article by Snopes with an explanation of the program, including why it came to be in the first place:
Did Biden Secretly Fly 320K Unvetted Migrants to American Airports in 2023?
Read it. Seriously.
And I'm sure you can verify EVERY SINGLE ONE have been vetted and "relocated" in the US (customs documentation and proper visas filled and issued).
I don't know if there are visas, but they and their sponsors have to be registered with the program and CBP. They are not people who have just snuck in. They are known entities who are authorized to be here for a short period. If they find work they will be contributing to the economy, and will pay taxes on any earnings and purchases they make while here. They will be deported if a court doesn't agree with their asylum claim.
Seriously, what's the problem?
The problem??? The "Law" doesn't allow them into the U.S. until they are required to appear before an immigration judge.
The 320K folks ain't gonna do that.
No offence, but can you read? The ATA program grants them temporary residence.
Read the law Dig - they HAVE NOT BEEN FORMALLY ADMITTED FOR PURPOSES OF IMMIGRATION LAW.
What do you think you're showing me there? The whole point of asylum is to allow people to stay here while their court cases are ongoing, but they're not being granted formal, permanent residency.
So as far as you know they are here ILLEGALLY. Which is where the problem starts.
And you are actually gullible enough to believe all that.
The problem is that they SHOULD NOT BE HERE. It's that simple.
You are sadly mistaken if you think illegals are deported once they reach the interior of the country by the Brandon administration.
Brandon isn't enforcing US immigration laws- which is a huge problem and encourages more illegals to attempt, and keep attempting, entry to the US until they get in.
Illegals are people who are here without authorization. The people your seed is about are not here illegally. They have not just snuck in.
I agree that people lacking legal authorization to be here should be expelled, but the info you posted is not about the ATA program that this seed is about.
And you have yet to prove they had the "legal authorization" to be here.
People who are granted parole have authorization to be here. That's what the parole status is.
What kind of 'proof' are you looking for?
More than you talking.
It's like you're being dense on purpose.
From the 'What is Parole' section of this page at USCIS:
Parole allows an individual, who may be inadmissible or otherwise ineligible for admission into the United States, to be paroled into the United States for a temporary period.
That's what authorizes people to be here legally, albeit temporarily.
Thank you Dig
although certain things ARE hopelessly thankless.
You are up against what is known as aggressive ignorance
Aggressive ignorance is people who dont know what they are talking about but insist on constantly talking about it anyway.
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Biden granted at least 1 million 'Parole' since he has been in office. Parole was created under a 1952 law, allows the president to admit people “only on a case-by-case basis for urgent humanitarian reasons or significant public benefit.”
One million or 333,333 per year or 913 per day and they or in a case-by-case basis, sure.
Parole simply means they are allowed to stay here while their cases are being decided. As far as I know there's nothing nefarious about it. If it's part of the law, then it's part of the law, right?
Yes, I'm poking at the case-by-case basis. It would take a large Team to carefully consider 913 cases per day or 130 per hour (8 hour fed work day with two 15 min breaks and 30 minute lunch. How many case files can you carefully consider in one hour?
Ah. I hear you. I suppose if they're setting up cases and court dates for all of them, then they're apparently getting it done. I mean, people have to be seen by someone to get their cases started before receiving parole, right?
Whatever the case, I imagine the process is lawful. Considering all the courts and judges involved.
To stamp denied 5 minutes, for approval to stay for a short period it should take a long time to do a very thorough check
Betcha a dollar to a donut that it is FAR from being lawful.
Ya really wanna know some stuff 'bout immigration and the law, read some of 8 U.S.C. - Aliens and Nationality.
That'll set your mind to doing some serious wondering 'bout "who's" following the law.
Parole is based on the individual having been "vetted and cleared" for temp residency. Those people have NOT been vetted - but the mighty "D" admin obviously "cleared" them - and gave them plane tickets plus other freebees.
Strongly recommend you review and read
Humanitarian or Significant Public Benefit Parole for Individuals Outside the United States
An individual who is paroled into the United States has not been formally admitted into the United States for purposes of immigration law.
Got any evidence of that? If it's all so unlawful, then there should be a whole slew of lawsuits being brought, and they should be winning in court. I haven't heard of anything like that going on.
The was a lawsuit, last Fri a federal judge found “The Court finds that Plaintiffs have not proven that Texas has suffered an injury and therefore do not have standing to maintain this suit.”
Texas and 20 other states had argued that the Biden administration unlawfully expanded the authority without consulting Congress or considering the impact on U.S. states that absorb the newcomers.
Standing is a high bar when trying to take the Feds to court.
I wouldn't mind reading about that, if you have a link.
I'm not a subscriber and WAPO is paywalled.
I found this at CBS. Is it the same story? It's about a Texas lawsuit, but no mention of 20 other states, so maybe not.
If it is the same, that sounds exactly like the ATA program this seed is about.
Sorry, didn’t think of that.
The CBS article is about the same case.
Well, I wouldn't mind seeing that one get argued, but I tend to agree that no state is harmed in the case of this particular program.
Don’t know, there has been a lot of whining from NY, Illinois, Colorado and DC.
Because of people using this advance travel authorization who have a sponsor (extended family, maybe) and a place to go?
Do they quickly lose their status if the sponsor doesn’t come through?
Can DHS even verify a sponsor’s ability to support for this number of applicants?
It's not like I've done a doctoral thesis on it or anything, but I would imagine so, on both accounts.
the government only authorizes parolees who can prove they have a sponsor capable and willing to financially support them.
No shit?
How much manpower do you imagine that takes?
I don't know.
When I was an IRS temp I had to read/scan at least 40 short tax forms an hour and scan them forward to collections, refunds or a supervisor for review. That was almost 55 years ago. Now they do them online often within 24 hours with no human input.
The IRS then has three years to audit and longer to arrest your butt if necessary.
I am pretty sure the CBP and other agencies with computers can discern who qualifies and who doesn't fairly quickly, in fact they are supposed to do so before granting these peeps permission to buy airline tickets and board at the POD or deplane at the POA where they are greeted by the CBP.
It's not rocket science or a day at the draft board in the late 60's.
Exactly, while those workers in the Obama administration could only approve 5,000 applications per year, Biden’s can approve 333,333 per year with the same do diligence.
C'mon man, you are pushing a narrative that it's only humanly possible to vet 5,000 applicants
without any knowledge of how many government employees were involved then vs now.
Maybe 5,000 was all that Bush and Obama could stomach, regardless of the vetting process?
It's an empty argument without all of the facts.
What is true is that CIS lied about 4 of the 5 features/facts of the program which drove this article.
Well, with this, we know these illegals weren't sent to the normal Sanctuary Shitholes (NYC, Chicago, Martha's Vineyard, etc.). If they were sent to these locations their idiot democrat mayors would have been on everybody's TV crying and asking for federal money because they can't support their promises.
The people in this program are not illegals.
Still don't need them here.
That's awfully callous of you.
Not very much just trying to protect my interests and what is best for my country
You know we're not talking about people sneaking across the border here, right? These people are going through a legal process.
Semantics games for folks that look like they live nowhere on or near the Mexican border and have no real clue about what the legal residents down here are going through when their property is trespassed on by illegals.
Depends on how you define case-by-cases basis, not group-by-group basis. Does being poor constitute "urgent humanitarian reasons"? If so, the are a huge number of Africans that the President has left out.
Read 6.3.5 - betcha they are still "Illegals" based on the laws passed by Congress - not the President.
Still don't need them,
Has the EPA done an environmental impact study on effect of letting more and more people into our country? Climate Change, they say. is caused by people so letting more in will make our country's numbers on that worse.
Not to mention the 556,380 U.S. citizens who are presently homeless.
Wonder why this admin won't give OUR homeless the same considerations it gives ILLEGAL ALIENS????
This article isn't about people crossing at the border.
They were flown over and the taxpayers got the bill.
Again, I hear you. Not long ago I read that many asylum seekers are being denied and sent back. Probably because of weak claims like that.
I'm not sure about that. The Snopes article doesn't address it, but I think I read somewhere before that they or their sponsors are required to pay their way, including for the flight. Not positive about that, though. Could be wrong.
ICE deported 142,000, in 2023, 775,000 applied for asylum or ‘immigration pardon’. Unknown how many crossed an evaded detection. If it was as low as 225,000, then a deportation rate of 14%.
I found something on that.
VERIFYING 4 claims about the Biden administration’s migrant flights
No, the government does not pay for the migrants’ flights.
Once someone is granted an appointment with a CBP agent in the U.S. and receives authorization to travel, they are responsible for the cost of travel to the United States. This authorization does not guarantee an applicant will get to stay in the country once they arrive; a CBP officer could choose to deny the migrant parole after their appointment at an official port of entry — in this case, the airport.
Additionally, the government only authorizes parolees who can prove they have a sponsor capable and willing to financially support them.
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So, no. It doesn't look like the taxpayers are on the hook for the flights.
I wouldn't imagine all the cases from 2023 (or even earlier) have wrapped up yet. There may be many more deportations to come.
I’m sure that very few of those deported in 23 also arrived in 23. Adjudication takes an average of 4.3 years. If your request is denied, you can appeal two times. If lose those and are scheduled for deportation, you can appeal that.
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Prove what? That the people in this program are not illegals? Are you kidding me? Do you not understand who the illegals are? They're the ones who are here without authorization, not the ones who have received authorization.
[please refer back to 7.1.19]
See 6.1.13
@Split Personality
Just as everybody has an obligation to back up their claims.
They are crossing the border either way.
I thought you guys were okay with "legal immigration"? What's all this bitching about now?
I'm not OK with any immigration at all, we have more than enough problems of our own.
I get it, but it's an unrealistic position to expect any admin to take.
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