Since October 2022 hundreds of thousands of migrants from four countries have flown directly into the United States, receiving a work permit and a two-year authorization to stay in the United States legally via a controversial parole program set up by President Joe Biden. That program, known as the CHNV (Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, Venezuela) Parole program, has now been paused by DHS after an internal report found large amounts of fraud in sponsor applications.
Fraud? Color us shocked.
The programs started in October 2022 and initially applied only to Venezuelans who could show they had not previously entered the United States illegally, had a sponsor, and (allegedly) passed certain biometric and biographical vetting. It was expanded to include Haitians, Nicaraguans, and Venezuelans in January 2023, and had a limit of 30,000 people a month.
The report, which was obtained by Federation…
