The Department of Homeland Security revealed it sent more than 200,000 migrants under a controversial parole program to 45 U.S. cities between January and August 2023.
The policy, signed into law in October 2022, allowed migrants who had not entered the country illegally to fly directly to America.
Migrants also had to have a sponsor in the United States and pass various verification tests.
It was initially announced for Venezuelans, before adding Haitians, Nicaraguans and Cubans amid one of the worst migration crises in American history under President Joe Biden and Department of Security Secretary interior, Alejandro Mayorkas.
About 80 percent of migrants were sent to four cities in the state of Florida: Miami – which received 91,821, more than any other city – Fort Lauderdale, Orlando and Tampa Bay were among the top 15 destinations, according to the DHS.
The Department of Homeland Security revealed it sent more than 200,000 migrants under a controversial parole program to 45 U.S. cities between January and August 2023.
It was initially announced for Venezuelans, before adding Haitians, Nicaraguans and Cubans amid one of the worst migration crises in American history under President Joe Biden and Department of Security Secretary interior, Alejandro Mayorkas.
Deputy Secretary of State Mayorkas said the program has led to a reduction in the number of people from those countries crossing the border illegally.
“It is a key part of our efforts to address the unprecedented level of migration across our hemisphere, and other countries around the world view it as a model for meeting the challenge of increasing migration. irregular migration that they too experience,” Mayorkas said.
New York, Houston, Los Angeles and San Francisco also made the top 10 destinations.
An additional 1.6 million migrants are waiting to enter the country through this same program, DHS says.
Several states, including Florida, have tried to sue to end the program, but so far have been unsuccessful.
“Biden’s parole program is illegal and an abuse of constitutional authority. Florida is currently suing Biden to shut it down, and we believe we will prevail,” said Jeremy Redfern, press secretary for Gov. Ron DeSantis.
Since Biden took office, the United States has seen a record number of illegal border crossings.
Customs and Border Protection has apprehended more than 7.6 million migrants crossing the southern border illegally – the majority of whom come from Central and South American countries seeking asylum in the United States. United.
Secretary Mayorkas said the problem has led to a reduction in the number of people from those countries crossing the border illegally.
The crisis at the border has been a scandal for the Biden administration throughout his presidency, with former president and 2024 opponent Donald Trump promising to solve the problem.
Trump is ready to reshape American politics and has detailed in interviews with TIME magazine what some of those radical overhauls would include.
In a wide-ranging interview at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida, on April 12, the former president confirmed he would use detention camps to house illegal immigrants during deportation efforts .
He also did not rule out deploying the military to arrest the millions of undocumented immigrants living in the country. As of January 2022, the illegal immigrant population in the United States was estimated at 11.35 million.
Trump has repeatedly said he will take aggressive steps to resolve the border issue on the first day of his second term after President Joe Biden reversed almost all of his policies and plunged the country into an all-out immigration crisis clandestine.
His proposals would include using local law enforcement, the National Guard and, if necessary, members of the U.S. military to arrest illegal immigrants for deportation.
TIME national politics reporter Eric Cortelessa asked Trump if he would rescind the Posse Comitatus Act, which states that the U.S. military cannot be deployed against civilians.
“Well, they’re not civilians,” the former president replied. “These are people who are not legally in our country. This is an invasion of our country. An invasion like no country has probably ever seen before.
“They arrive by the millions. I think we have 15 million now. And I think you’ll have 20 million by the end,” Trump predicted. “And it’s bigger than almost every state.”
He also said it was unlikely he would have to house these immigrants in detention camps as he plans to expel them quickly – but he did not rule out building more detention centers if necessary during the ‘operation.
“No, I’m not ruling anything out,” Trump said. “But we won’t really need them (detention camps), because we will evacuate them.” We’re going to take them back where they came from.
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