The majority of migrants who qualify for a mass parole program launched by President Joe Biden's administration are flying into South Florida, according to documents released by the House Homeland Security Committee on Tuesday (April 30).
Miami and Ft. Lauderdale were the two top airport locations used for the Cuban, Haitian, Nicaraguan, and Venezuelan (CHNV) mass-parole program with 91,821 and 60,461 migrants flying into each port respectively, while Orlando and Tampa, which ranked fifth and seventh, had an estimated 6,043 and 3,237 migrants, respectively, from January to August 2023.
The combined 161,562 accounts for more than half of the estimated 200,000 migrants reported to have flown into a port during that span.
The full top 15 airport locations reported to be used for the CHNV program are included below:
- Miami, Florida- 91,821
- Ft. Lauderdale, Florida- 60,461
- New York City, New York- 14,827
- Houston, Texas- 7,923
- Orlando, Florida- 6,043
- Los Angeles, California- 3,271
- Tampa, Florida- 3,237
- Dallas, Florida- 2,256
- San Francisco, California- 2,052
- Atlanta, Georgia- 1,796
- Newark, New Jersey- 1,498
- Washington, D.C.- 1,472
- Chicago, Illinois- 496
- Las Vegas, Nevada- 483
- Austin, Texas- 171
“These documents expose the egregious lengths [U.S. Homeland Security] Secretary [Alejandro] Mayorkas will go to ensure inadmissible aliens reach every corner of the country, from Orlando and Atlanta to Las Vegas and San Francisco," said House Committee on Homeland Security Chairman Mark E. Green, MD (R-Tenn.) "Secretary Mayorkas’ CHNV parole program is an unlawful sleight of hand used to hide the worsening border crisis from the American people. Implementing a program that allows otherwise inadmissible aliens to fly directly into the U.S.––not for significant public benefit or urgent humanitarian reasons as the Immigration and Nationality Act mandates––has been proven an impeachable offense. Following our subpoena and the House’s impeachment vote––especially in light of the Senate’s complete failure to fulfill its duty to hold a trial––the Committee will not rest until this administration is finally held accountable for its open-borders agenda and its devastating impact on our homeland security.”
The Biden administration launched the program, which allowed 30,000 migrants from the four countries into the United States monthly while also ordering the rapid deportation of nationals who illegally entered the United States from those countries, in January 2023.
“My message is this: If you’re trying to leave Cuba, Nicaragua or Haiti . . . or have agreed to begin a journey to America, do not — do not just show up at the border,” Biden said at the time via the New York Post. “Stay where you are and apply legally from there. Starting today, if you don’t apply through the legal process you will not be eligible for this new parole program.”