Biden Administration’s Latest Illegal Immigration Scam: The BorderLine
August 22, 2024
In June, I wrote about “parole in place” for alien spouses when the Biden administration first announced this latest in its series of gimmicks that I call Parole-a-Palooza. Now, it’s here.
First, a little background. Prevented by pesky laws from admitting all the legal and illegal immigrants he wants, since 2021, President Joe Biden has circumvented the law by stretching beyond the breaking point a limited power to “parole” illegal aliens into the U.S. The Immigration and Nationality Act clearly says parole should be temporary, for “urgent humanitarian reasons or for significant public benefit” of Americans, and decided on a “case-by-case basis.”
But the Biden administration considers it a blank check for whole nations, including Afghans, Ukrainians, Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans, and Venezuelans, and other selected nationalities to enter the U.S. and receive work authorizations instead of going through the statutory visa process at the U.S. embassies in their home countries.
The Daily Signal depends on the support of readers like you. Donate now
Because Biden’s parole programs essentially launder illegal immigrants into the country, they need passive euphemisms to deceive the public. Parole-in-place is called “Keeping Families Together”—because who wants to argue against that? On Aug. 20, the Department of Homeland Security officially started accepting applications.
Keeping Families Together is open to illegal aliens who have been married to U.S. citizens for at least 10 years. Qualifying spouses and children will get to stay in parole status while their immigration cases work their way through the system. DHS estimates that about half a million people would be eligible.
A 93-page implementation notice explains how it works. There is a $580 fee and “background check” to show that the alien isn’t “a threat to national security or public safety.” What if they are, you ask? If they applied overseas, as the law requires, then they’d stay abroad unless they could obtain a waiver. But if they apply for parole from within the U.S. and it turns out they are a threat, DHS has to take them into custody and remove them, which rarely happens.
The current blowout abuse of parole was foreseen long ago.
In the 1990s, it was increasingly obvious to Congress that U.S. immigration policy needed reform. A 1996 House of Representatives report concluded that “unlimited immigration … is a moral and practical impossibility” and that, therefore, “the United States must exercise its national sovereignty to control its borders and pursue an immigration policy that serves the fundamental needs of the nation.” The report added that “the parole authority was intended to be used on a case-by-case basis to meet specific needs and not as a supplement to congressionally established immigration policy.”
In 1994, Congress created the bipartisan Commission on Immigration Reform, chaired by Barbara Jordan, a former Democratic congresswoman from Texas. In an interim report, the commission said that “if unlawful aliens believe that they can remain indefinitely once they are within our national borders, there will be increased incentives to try to enter or remain illegally.” It was right.
In 1997, the commission’s final report recommended that “parole should be used only in exceptional circumstances, and that Congress should be involved more directly in decisions to parole large numbers of individuals for permanent residence.” Again, nailed it.
Influenced by these reports and a bipartisan consensus that something had to be done, Congress amended the law to make it harder for migrants to enter and live in the U.S. illegally with impunity. One penalty, which took effect in April 1997, is that foreigners who stay in the U.S. illegally for more than six months but less than a year aren’t allowed to return for three years. Those who stay here illegally longer than 12 months aren’t allowed to return for 10 years. These were measures to prevent illegal aliens from being allowed to break the law but still get every benefit legal immigrants get.
Today, the Biden administration calls these congressionally mandated and reasonable time-bars on reentry for being illegal present “flaws in the U.S. immigration system.” To The Washington Post, they are “bureaucratic hurdles.” Kelli Stump, the president of the American Immigration Lawyers Association, calls them “an arduous bureaucratic process.” And Biden’s director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Ur Jaddou, labels them “undue barriers.”
But here’s how they actually work. Let’s say a man from Italy had lived here illegally for more than a year and he was married to an American citizen. If his wife asked for an immigrant visa for him, he would have to return to Italy and apply at the U.S. Embassy in Rome for that visa. During his application, his illegal time in the U.S. would trigger the 10-year bar and he would be denied the visa until that period was up.
But that’s rarely the end of the story, since for nearly every immigration penalty, there is a waiver. The hypothetical Italian can apply for a waiver from Citizenship and Immigration Services. Provided he had no criminal record and that his American citizen wife can show there would be “extreme hardship” for her if he were to be kept out, he would probably get approved. I saw many of these waivers applied for in my career as a consular officer, and they were rarely denied. Yes, they took some time to process and cost a few bucks, but that’s a small price to pay to overcome months or years of living in a country without permission.
Under Biden’s new spousal parole-in-place program, beneficiaries will be able to avoid the three- and 10-year time penalties and having to get a waiver.
To meet the legal justification for this latest parole program, DHS claims it will achieve a “significant public benefit” by “strengthening diplomatic relationships with partner countries in the region; reducing strain on limited U.S. government resources; and furthering national security, public safety, and border security objectives.”
Surely, the law’s drafters were looking for more specific benefits than those vague criteria, which could be argued for almost any case.
American Immigration Lawyers Association’s Stump wants the government to “expand the scope of this program and identify other lawful pathways that will strengthen American families, our communities, and our nation’s economy.” In other words, she wants Biden to create executive prerogatives out of thin air that bypass laws Congress passed to regulate immigration—which is its constitutional prerogative.
“We do not want you to become the victim of an immigration scam,” says DHS’ parole-in-place program announcement. But the real scam—on both legal immigrants and U.S. citizens alike—is using immigration parole once again to go around a visa process that’s meant to maintain a fair and orderly immigration system that actually benefits the country.
Apparently, such a scam is fine, as long as the scam is perpetrated by the government itself.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2024/08/22/is-bidens-new-parole-plan-keeping-families-together-another-immigration-scam-borderline/
August 22, 2024
In June, I wrote about “parole in place” for alien spouses when the Biden administration first announced this latest in its series of gimmicks that I call Parole-a-Palooza. Now, it’s here.
First, a little background. Prevented by pesky laws from admitting all the legal and illegal immigrants he wants, since 2021, President Joe Biden has circumvented the law by stretching beyond the breaking point a limited power to “parole” illegal aliens into the U.S. The Immigration and Nationality Act clearly says parole should be temporary, for “urgent humanitarian reasons or for significant public benefit” of Americans, and decided on a “case-by-case basis.”
But the Biden administration considers it a blank check for whole nations, including Afghans, Ukrainians, Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans, and Venezuelans, and other selected nationalities to enter the U.S. and receive work authorizations instead of going through the statutory visa process at the U.S. embassies in their home countries.
The Daily Signal depends on the support of readers like you. Donate now
Because Biden’s parole programs essentially launder illegal immigrants into the country, they need passive euphemisms to deceive the public. Parole-in-place is called “Keeping Families Together”—because who wants to argue against that? On Aug. 20, the Department of Homeland Security officially started accepting applications.
Keeping Families Together is open to illegal aliens who have been married to U.S. citizens for at least 10 years. Qualifying spouses and children will get to stay in parole status while their immigration cases work their way through the system. DHS estimates that about half a million people would be eligible.
A 93-page implementation notice explains how it works. There is a $580 fee and “background check” to show that the alien isn’t “a threat to national security or public safety.” What if they are, you ask? If they applied overseas, as the law requires, then they’d stay abroad unless they could obtain a waiver. But if they apply for parole from within the U.S. and it turns out they are a threat, DHS has to take them into custody and remove them, which rarely happens.
The current blowout abuse of parole was foreseen long ago.
In the 1990s, it was increasingly obvious to Congress that U.S. immigration policy needed reform. A 1996 House of Representatives report concluded that “unlimited immigration … is a moral and practical impossibility” and that, therefore, “the United States must exercise its national sovereignty to control its borders and pursue an immigration policy that serves the fundamental needs of the nation.” The report added that “the parole authority was intended to be used on a case-by-case basis to meet specific needs and not as a supplement to congressionally established immigration policy.”
In 1994, Congress created the bipartisan Commission on Immigration Reform, chaired by Barbara Jordan, a former Democratic congresswoman from Texas. In an interim report, the commission said that “if unlawful aliens believe that they can remain indefinitely once they are within our national borders, there will be increased incentives to try to enter or remain illegally.” It was right.
In 1997, the commission’s final report recommended that “parole should be used only in exceptional circumstances, and that Congress should be involved more directly in decisions to parole large numbers of individuals for permanent residence.” Again, nailed it.
Influenced by these reports and a bipartisan consensus that something had to be done, Congress amended the law to make it harder for migrants to enter and live in the U.S. illegally with impunity. One penalty, which took effect in April 1997, is that foreigners who stay in the U.S. illegally for more than six months but less than a year aren’t allowed to return for three years. Those who stay here illegally longer than 12 months aren’t allowed to return for 10 years. These were measures to prevent illegal aliens from being allowed to break the law but still get every benefit legal immigrants get.
Today, the Biden administration calls these congressionally mandated and reasonable time-bars on reentry for being illegal present “flaws in the U.S. immigration system.” To The Washington Post, they are “bureaucratic hurdles.” Kelli Stump, the president of the American Immigration Lawyers Association, calls them “an arduous bureaucratic process.” And Biden’s director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Ur Jaddou, labels them “undue barriers.”
But here’s how they actually work. Let’s say a man from Italy had lived here illegally for more than a year and he was married to an American citizen. If his wife asked for an immigrant visa for him, he would have to return to Italy and apply at the U.S. Embassy in Rome for that visa. During his application, his illegal time in the U.S. would trigger the 10-year bar and he would be denied the visa until that period was up.
But that’s rarely the end of the story, since for nearly every immigration penalty, there is a waiver. The hypothetical Italian can apply for a waiver from Citizenship and Immigration Services. Provided he had no criminal record and that his American citizen wife can show there would be “extreme hardship” for her if he were to be kept out, he would probably get approved. I saw many of these waivers applied for in my career as a consular officer, and they were rarely denied. Yes, they took some time to process and cost a few bucks, but that’s a small price to pay to overcome months or years of living in a country without permission.
Under Biden’s new spousal parole-in-place program, beneficiaries will be able to avoid the three- and 10-year time penalties and having to get a waiver.
To meet the legal justification for this latest parole program, DHS claims it will achieve a “significant public benefit” by “strengthening diplomatic relationships with partner countries in the region; reducing strain on limited U.S. government resources; and furthering national security, public safety, and border security objectives.”
Surely, the law’s drafters were looking for more specific benefits than those vague criteria, which could be argued for almost any case.
American Immigration Lawyers Association’s Stump wants the government to “expand the scope of this program and identify other lawful pathways that will strengthen American families, our communities, and our nation’s economy.” In other words, she wants Biden to create executive prerogatives out of thin air that bypass laws Congress passed to regulate immigration—which is its constitutional prerogative.
“We do not want you to become the victim of an immigration scam,” says DHS’ parole-in-place program announcement. But the real scam—on both legal immigrants and U.S. citizens alike—is using immigration parole once again to go around a visa process that’s meant to maintain a fair and orderly immigration system that actually benefits the country.
Apparently, such a scam is fine, as long as the scam is perpetrated by the government itself.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2024/08/22/is-bidens-new-parole-plan-keeping-families-together-another-immigration-scam-borderline/
Today at 3:20 pm by Rocky
» utube 9/10/24 MM&C IQD Update-Iraq Dinar-#iraqidinar-#xrpIraq Reconciling-Unif
Today at 6:55 am by Rocky
» utube 9/12/24 MM&C Iraqi Dinar-#iraqdinar-#xrp-Baghdad-Kurdistan-Historical Meetings-Global Attent
Today at 6:54 am by Rocky
» Parliamentary request to host Al-Sudani amid threats to the Federal Court
Today at 6:51 am by Rocky
» Al-Sudani stresses the importance of partnership with the private sector to meet market needs
Today at 6:50 am by Rocky
» Iraq, Saudi Arabia discuss joint legal files
Today at 6:48 am by Rocky
» Al-Maliki: Combined efforts of political forces prevents the collapse of Iraq
Today at 6:47 am by Rocky
» Parliamentary bloc disputes: Vital laws await and divisions grow
Today at 5:17 am by Rocky
» Türkiye: Exporting Iraqi oil via Ceyhan is an alternative and an opportunity to diversify transporta
Today at 5:16 am by Rocky
» Economist rules out any move to amend salary scale
Today at 5:13 am by Rocky
» Al-Surji: 3 reasons behind the weakness of the Iraqi position towards the Turkish incursion
Today at 5:12 am by Rocky
» Minister of Planning: There are no political obstacles preventing the population census
Today at 5:11 am by Rocky
» Al-Sudani sponsors the signing of 3 contracts for industrial projects
Today at 5:09 am by Rocky
» 19 MoUs Signed on First Day of Belt and Road Summit
Today at 5:06 am by Rocky
» Issuance of more than 191 thousand national cards for those covered by social protection
Today at 5:04 am by Rocky
» Housing Fund: We will issue 16,000 transactions of bonds by this date
Today at 5:03 am by Rocky
» Parliamentary Services calls for investing in open lands and turning them into parks: Citizens need
Today at 5:02 am by Rocky
» Iranian Minister of Roads: We will hold consultations with Iraq regarding strategic railway link
Today at 5:01 am by Rocky
» Pezeshkian discusses with Iranian traders obstacles to developing trade with Iraq
Today at 5:00 am by Rocky
» Banking Association Advisor: International Payments and Banking Technologies Conference a Platform t
Today at 4:59 am by Rocky
» Parliamentary Committee Rejects “Free” Oil Export via Aqaba Port
Today at 4:58 am by Rocky
» Unprecedented renaissance.. Iraq's economy recovers and its debts fall to "lowest levels"
Today at 4:57 am by Rocky
» Government confirmation regarding the population census: It will be conducted on time and without ob
Today at 4:56 am by Rocky
» The President of the Republic confirms Iraq's keenness to enhance economic cooperation with its brot
Today at 4:55 am by Rocky
» Transferring youth from social care to education and municipalities
Today at 4:54 am by Rocky
» Exceptional relationship
Today at 4:52 am by Rocky
» Iranian President to {Media Network}: We are determined to strengthen our relations with Iraq
Today at 4:51 am by Rocky
» 14 new memoranda of understanding between Baghdad and Tehran
Today at 4:50 am by Rocky
» Today.. Al-Sudani opens the 25th edition of the Baghdad International Book Fair
Today at 4:48 am by Rocky
» Iraq and Iran towards a strategic partnership
Today at 4:47 am by Rocky
» Strategic Planning for {Sabah}: Census will revitalize services
Today at 4:46 am by Rocky
» The Protection Authority issues more than {1100} smart cards
Today at 4:45 am by Rocky
» Establishment of the Arab Academy for Agricultural Training
Today at 4:44 am by Rocky
» Construction of two residential cities in Muthanna
Today at 4:43 am by Rocky
» Education announces its programming plan for educational television
Today at 4:41 am by Rocky
» Transportation: Efforts to re-raise the Iraqi flag on our ships
Today at 4:40 am by Rocky
» Great preparations to celebrate the birth of the Prophet
Today at 4:39 am by Rocky
» "The killer of the poor".. Why do the poor of Iraq resort to committing suicide with "rat poison"? -
Today at 4:37 am by Rocky
» Three-pronged strategy reduces smuggling in Diyala by 80% in 16 months - Urgent
Today at 4:36 am by Rocky
» Resources discusses winter agricultural plan
Today at 4:34 am by Rocky
» Suspended since 2015.. Accusations against the regional government of procrastinating the issue of e
Today at 4:32 am by Rocky
» With the document.. 4 parliamentary questions directed to the Governor of Baghdad regarding the dela
Today at 4:31 am by Rocky
» Erbil enters Baghdad through Tehran.. Pezeshkian is the region’s lifeline with “power of influence”
Today at 4:29 am by Rocky
» Iranian press "neglects" Pezeshkian's visit.. What is the connection with the reference Sistani?
Today at 4:28 am by Rocky
» The President of the Supreme Judicial Council receives the Saudi Ambassador
Today at 4:26 am by Rocky
» Chairman of the Integrity Commission thanks the Iraqi judiciary for opening an investigation into th
Today at 4:24 am by Rocky
» Economist: The interests of producers and consumers are achieved through a fair price for oil
Today at 4:23 am by Rocky
» Parliamentary Investment Committee gives “advice” on new memoranda signed with Iran
Today at 4:21 am by Rocky
» Parliament supports Kirkuk government and we are ready to be a link for the return of boycotters
Today at 4:19 am by Rocky
» Al-Sudani snatches the "stay" card from the angry "framework"... and the dispute between them intens
Today at 4:18 am by Rocky
» Iraq launches drone industry
Today at 4:17 am by Rocky
» Iraqi Parliament Faces Political Paralysis: Partisan Disagreements Disrupt Legislation and Weaken Ov
Today at 4:15 am by Rocky
» Turkish violations of Iraqi territory exceed 25 thousand cases after 2003
Today at 4:14 am by Rocky
» Federal Minister of Justice meets with the Head of the Kurdistan Regional Government Representation
Today at 4:13 am by Rocky
» Iraq exports 108 million barrels of oil during last August
Today at 4:12 am by Rocky
» Al-Mandlawi to Bazeshkian: Memoranda of Understanding between Iraq and Iran contribute to advancing
Today at 4:11 am by Rocky
» Rafidain Bank identifies three advantages of electronic payment systems
Today at 4:09 am by Rocky
» Iraqi judiciary issues new ruling against Zaid al-Talaqani
Today at 4:08 am by Rocky
» Al-Yekti: Türkiye has 50 military barracks in Iraq and aspires to occupy Mosul and Kirkuk
Today at 4:07 am by Rocky
» Oil volatility widens fears of financial crisis, Sudani advisor ‘worried’ about 2025
Today at 4:06 am by Rocky
» Civil Service Council: Completion of the second phase of hiring certificate holders and top students
Today at 4:05 am by Rocky
» Trade participates in UNESCO Digital Education Week
Today at 4:02 am by Rocky
» Iranian President arrives in Erbil on second day of his visit to Iraq
Today at 3:59 am by Rocky
» Dollar exchange rate drops against dinar in Iraq
Today at 3:58 am by Rocky
» What are the repercussions of Donald Trump's victory in the upcoming elections on the global econom
Yesterday at 9:25 am by Bama Diva
» utube 9/9/24 MM&C Iraq Dinar-Central Bank-#Iraqidinar #exchangerate #iraqidinarexchangerate Baghda
Yesterday at 7:07 am by Rocky
» US Embassy in Iraq confirms yesterday's attack: No casualties
Yesterday at 7:00 am by Rocky
» Iraq calls for common understanding on debt repayment, Iran urges strategic program
Yesterday at 6:55 am by Rocky
» Criticisms of the Iraqi parliament’s discussion of cancelling the economic unity agreement
Yesterday at 6:53 am by Rocky
» Will Iraq succeed in harmonizing its labor legislation with international standards?
Yesterday at 6:51 am by Rocky
» Al-Maliki's coalition: The Sunni house did not leave the decision of the presidency to the parliamen
Yesterday at 6:49 am by Rocky
» Waiting for legislation.. Laws on the table of the Parliamentary Health Committee
Yesterday at 6:48 am by Rocky
» MP calls on government to pressure Washington to fulfill its obligations towards Iraq
Yesterday at 6:46 am by Rocky
» Prime Minister: Iraq rejects the use of its territory as a launching pad to threaten neighboring cou
Yesterday at 6:45 am by Rocky
» Parliamentary Agriculture Committee stresses the need to legislate the law on agricultural land rent
Yesterday at 6:44 am by Rocky
» Al-Sudani: Iraq's position was clear as a government to expand economic partnership with Iran
Yesterday at 6:43 am by Rocky
» Al-Sudani during a press conference with Bazeshkian: The ties between Iraq and Iran are historic
Yesterday at 6:41 am by Rocky
» Resources: Iraq is the first country in the Middle East to monitor groundwater electronically
Yesterday at 6:37 am by Rocky
» Bitcoin ETFs Lose $1.2 Billion in 8 Days
Yesterday at 6:35 am by Rocky
» Communications: Blocking of websites is done in accordance with final and binding judicial decisions
Yesterday at 6:33 am by Rocky
» The Council of Ministers issues a number of decisions to complete stalled projects
Yesterday at 6:31 am by Rocky
» Signing of 14 bilateral memoranda of understanding between Iraq and Iran
Yesterday at 6:30 am by Rocky
» Work: Two million families covered by protection salaries
Yesterday at 5:21 am by Rocky
» Ratification of a joint agreement between Baghdad and Erbil regarding taxes
Yesterday at 5:20 am by Rocky
» It was launched a few days ago.. What are the objectives of social research on beggars in Iraq?
Yesterday at 5:19 am by Rocky
» Iranian Foreign Minister to Al-Sabah: We look forward to broader horizons with Iraq
Yesterday at 5:17 am by Rocky
» Implementation of the largest water project in Erbil
Yesterday at 5:16 am by Rocky
» Nineveh Exhibition for Construction, Reconstruction and Energy Launches
Yesterday at 5:15 am by Rocky
» Offers from Egyptian companies to implement projects in Iraq
Yesterday at 5:14 am by Rocky
» Work: Two million families covered by protection salaries
Yesterday at 5:13 am by Rocky
» Electricity to {Sabah}: Adopting the combined cycle in all stations
Yesterday at 5:12 am by Rocky
» Desertification and drought swallow 23 percent of agricultural land
Yesterday at 5:11 am by Rocky
» 77 trillion dinars is the country's revenue in 7 months
Yesterday at 5:10 am by Rocky
» Contribute to increasing revenues
Yesterday at 5:09 am by Rocky
» Two experts: Food prices are stable thanks to government support
Yesterday at 5:08 am by Rocky
» With the imminent launch of Al-Faw Port...an international decision to fine Iraqi ports $120 million
Yesterday at 5:07 am by Rocky
» Joint agreement between Baghdad and Erbil to unify tax work
Yesterday at 5:05 am by Rocky
» The first of its kind in Iraq.. Arrest of a member of the Dhi Qar Council on charges of "electronic
Yesterday at 5:02 am by Rocky
» The President of the Supreme Judicial Council receives a delegation from the Arab Union for Combatin
Yesterday at 5:01 am by Rocky