Biden Admin Pauses Migrant Flight Program Amid Reports Of Massive Fraud
Jason Hopkins Immigration Reporter
August 02, 2024 4:18 PM ET
The Biden administration has pumped the brakes on a controversial program that has flown hundreds of thousands of migrants into the country following an internal report of rampant fraud.
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) paused a mass-parole program for Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans, and Venezuelans, otherwise known as CHNV, a spokesperson confirmed to the Daily Caller News Foundation on Friday. Since its creation under the Biden administration, the CHNV program has allowed thousands of migrants from these countries to legally enter the U.S. each month after meeting certain parole guidelines.
“Out of an abundance of caution, DHS has temporarily paused the issuance of advanced travel authorizations for new beneficiaries while it undertakes a review of supporter applications,” a DHS spokesperson told the DCNF. “DHS will restart application processing as quickly as possible, with appropriate safeguards.”
The spokesperson noted that DHS takes fraud “very seriously” and added that wherever fraud is uncovered “Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) will investigate and litigate applicable cases in immigration court and make criminal referrals to the Department of Justice.”
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