TEXAS
'Impact is severe': Texas Republicans erupt over DHS migrant flight program as state becomes top destination
New data on airport arrivals was released this week after a congressional subpoena
Adam Shaw By Adam Shaw Fox News
Published May 4, 2024 7:01am EDT
Rep. Chip Roy says revelations about Biden migrant parole program are 'concerning'
Rep. Chip Roy spoke to Fox News Digital about the airports at which migrants are flying in under the CHNV parole program are landing.
Texas Republicans are criticizing a Biden administration parole program for four nationalities after it was revealed this week that three of the top destinations for migrants under the program are in Texas -- on top of the numbers it is already seeing coming across the border.
"It's just another layer to the entirety of what we're dealing with," Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas told Fox News Digital in an interview. "But that's what people need to understand, it's a very specific program designed to flood the system, misusing parole to do it."
Fox News reported this week on how official stats show that during an eight-month period from January through August 2023, roughly 200,000 migrants flew into the U.S. via a parole program for four nationalities. Of those, the vast majority landed in Florida, but three of the top 15 destinations were in Texas -- Austin, Dallas and Houston. Over 10,000 migrants traveled to those airports in that period.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/impact-severe-texas-republicans-erupt-dhs-migrant-flight-program-state-becomes-top-destination
