The Department of Homeland Security recently announced a new ‘family reunification’ parole process for Colombia, El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras, offering foreign nationals legal entry into the U.S. if they have family members already in the country.
According to DHS, “The family reunification parole processes promote family unity and are a part of eth comprehensive measures announced in April by DHS and the Department of State.”
The DHS press release went on:
The new processes are for nationals from Colombia, El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras whose family members are U.S. citizens or lawful permanent residents and who have received approval to join their family in the United States. Specifically, nationals of these countries can be considered for parole on a case-by-case basis for a period of up to three years while they wait to apply to become a lawful permanent resident.
The Secretary of DHS even said:
These new processes promote family unity and provide lawful pathways consistent with our laws and our values. The Department has proven that the expansion of safe, orderly, and lawful pathways, combined with strong enforcement, is effective in reducing dangerous, irregular migration to the United States.
The press release explains the parameters of the new program stating, “beneficiaries of an approved Form I-130 may be eligible to be considered for parole under the new processes. Qualifying beneficiaries must be outside the United States, meet all requirements, and must not have already received an immigrant visa.”
DHS made sure to state that “The new processes allow for parole only on a discretionary, case-by-case, and temporary basis upon a demonstration of urgent humanitarian reasons or significant public benefit, as well as a demonstration that the beneficiary warrants a favorable exercise of discretion.”
This is after a federal court ruled that Biden’s other humanitarian immigration parole program is illegal due to the broad nature in which it was used.
In reality, this new parole program is another way the Biden Administration is artificially lowering their monthly border encounter numbers while not actually lowering the total number of illegal aliens entering the country. The Biden Administration is simply using humanitarian parole in broad strokes to change the legal status of aliens admitted into the country so they are not counted in the “illegal alien” border totals.
You can read the complete DHS press release here.
