A federal judge in Texas issued a ruling on Friday that effectively upholds the Biden administration's controversial parole program, which allows up to 30,000 immigrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela to seek emergency entry into the United States each month, or 360,000 illegal aliens annually.
US District Court Judge Drew Tipton, appointed by former President Donald Trump, rejected the appeal filed by 21 Republican-led states, led by Texas.
The lawsuit claims:
- The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has implemented a new visa program under the guise of preventing illegal border crossings between ports of entry, allowing up to 360,000 people annually from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela to be “paroled” into the United States. States for two or more years, with eligibility for a work permit, and bypassing congressional legislation.
- DHS's parole authority is highly limited by Congress and is intended for use only in urgent humanitarian cases or for significant public benefit on a case-by-case basis. However, the new parole program allows for prior authorization to enter the United States without any legal basis.
- The parole program in place does not meet case-specific legal requirements, meet urgent humanitarian needs, or provide a significant public benefit. Instead, it essentially creates a new visa program for hundreds of thousands of individuals who have no legal right to enter the United States, contrary to congressional mandates.
- In creating this unauthorized program, DHS neglected to follow the notice-and-comment rulemaking process required under the Administrative Procedure Act, choosing instead to take unilateral action to admit numerous individuals without legal entry rights.
- The plaintiff states, including Texas, Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Florida, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Ohio, South Carolina, Tennessee, Utah, West Virginia, and Wyoming, are seeking damages. Substantial and irreparable harm caused by DHS's abuse of its parole authority, resulting in the potential influx of hundreds of thousands more individuals into their jurisdictions.
- The Department of Homeland Security is accused of lacking the authority to admit more than a third of a million illegal aliens into the United States annually as this program proposes.
- The document urges the court to ban DHS's unauthorized parole program, declare it illegal, and invalidate it.
However, the suit was dismissed on the grounds that States Failed to prove any direct injury caused by the softwareThis ruling angered critics of the regime's immigration policies.
Reuters reported that the regime's decision to allow such a large number of individuals to enter the United States by air each month is part of a broader strategy to “mitigate” the increasing numbers of illegal aliens crossing the border.
As of November, according to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) statistics, nearly 234,000 people from targeted countries had already taken advantage of the program, with a U.S. sponsor and airfare required.
The Gateway Pundit previously reported on ongoing secret charter flights being used by the Biden regime to fly migrants from abroad directly to various US cities. CBP, under Secretary Mayorkas's Department of Homeland Security, was involved in these covert operations, the details of which were withheld from the public, due to national security concerns.
A lawsuit filed under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) failed to disclose details about these flights, while the Center for Immigration Studies (CIS) reported that such flights enabled about 320,000 illegal immigrants to enter the United States, landing in as many as 43 different airports across the country. nation last year.
Judge Tipton's ruling noted a significant 44% reduction in illegal entries from these countries since the beginning of the program. However, he declined to comment on the merits of the lawsuit, which accuses the Department of Homeland Security of exceeding its authority.
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas praised the ruling, saying the parole program is “a key component of our efforts to address the unprecedented level of migration throughout our hemisphere.”
