A last sticking point in border security negotiations is humanitarian parole. Here’s what that means
11 months ago

A last sticking point in border security negotiations is humanitarian parole. Here’s what that means

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden is closing in on a Senate deal on border security and Ukraine funding as the White House tries to resolve one of the last major sticking points: whether to preserve the president’s authority to allow migrants into the U.S. for special cases during emergencies or global unrest. Republicans deride the authority, known as humanitarian parole, as a Biden administration end run around Congress that allows into the U.S. large numbers of migrants who further tax an already overextended immigration system. Biden told reporters Thursday, “I don’t think we have any sticking points left.” “I think they’re definitely closing in on parole language issue that has to be addressed,” Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., said at the Capitol Thursday. He said parole was the administration’s “tool of choice” that has allowed too many people into the U.S.

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'This is outrageous!' Republicans furious as Biden official can't answer question
2 weeks, 6 days ago

'This is outrageous!' Republicans furious as Biden official can't answer question

Raw Story  

WASHINGTON — Republican members of a U.S. House Judiciary Committee panel scrutinized the head of the Department of Homeland Security agency tasked with processing legal pathways to immigration during a contentious hearing Wednesday about the Biden administration’s parole program that grants temporary protections for nationals from some countries. Citizenship and Immigration Services of creating “unlawful” pathways to legal immigration through …

Trump warns he’ll expel migrants under key Biden immigration programs
2 months, 4 weeks ago

Trump warns he’ll expel migrants under key Biden immigration programs

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Former President Donald Trump, who has made anti-immigration rhetoric a key part of his reelection campaign, warned Wednesday that he would kick out hundreds of thousands of immigrants who have entered the country under two key Biden administration programs if he’s reelected. Speaking to Fox News, Trump railed against two immigration programs created by the Biden administration to …

How Biden’s immigration policies paved the way for Springfield’s pet controversy
3 months, 1 week ago

How Biden’s immigration policies paved the way for Springfield’s pet controversy

The Telegraph  

Mr Biden’s administration faced fury from both sides of the political spectrum over its handling of the situation. Mr Biden’s unfettered use of parole authority in the face of a gridlocked Congress has come to form a major piece of his administration’s immigration policies. But critics have argued it circumvents immigration laws and accused Mr Biden of abusing a temporary …

Biden to announce a plan to give protection from deportation to certain migrants
6 months, 1 week ago

Biden to announce a plan to give protection from deportation to certain migrants

NPR  

Biden to announce a plan to give protection from deportation to certain migrants President Biden is expected to announce a new executive action to shield certain migrants from deportation at a White House event on Tuesday. LEILA FADEL, HOST: President Biden is set to announce a plan to protect hundreds of thousands of people who are living in the U.S. …

Republicans Share Misinformation On Biden Migrant Parole Program
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Republicans Share Misinformation On Biden Migrant Parole Program

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING While most of the debate over immigration focuses on the U.S.-Mexico border, one of President Joe Biden’s most effective policies so far has occurred elsewhere ― at airports. The White House announced the policy as part of a package explicitly meant to “increase security at the border and reduce the number of individuals crossing unlawfully between ports …

US Congress discusses immigration policy: What are they and what could they mean?
1 year ago

US Congress discusses immigration policy: What are they and what could they mean?

Live Mint  

Congress is discussing changes to the immigration system in exchange for providing money to Ukraine in its fight against Russia and Israel for the war with Hamas. A look at what they are and what might happen if there are changes: Humanitarian Parole Using humanitarian parole, the US government can let people into the country by essentially bypassing the regular …

Biden and Congress are mulling big changes on immigration. What are they and what could they mean?
1 year ago

Biden and Congress are mulling big changes on immigration. What are they and what could they mean?

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden is taking a more active role in Senate negotiations over changes to the immigration system that Republicans are demanding in exchange for providing money to Ukraine in its fight against Russia and Israel for the war with Hamas. “It’s time to cut a deal that both sides can agree to,” Biden’s budget director, Shalanda Young, …

Congress is eying immigration limits as GOP demands border changes in swap for Biden overseas aid
1 year ago

Congress is eying immigration limits as GOP demands border changes in swap for Biden overseas aid

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — As record numbers of migrants surge at the southern U.S. border, many seeking asylum, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas has told Congress the country’s “broken” immigration system is in need of a top-to-bottom update. When are we going to do this?’ And every year it’s gotten worse.” A core group of senators, Republicans and Democrats, has been eying …

Senators struggle in border talks to find middle ground on parole while making progress on asylum
1 year ago

Senators struggle in border talks to find middle ground on parole while making progress on asylum

CNN  

The key sticking point in border talks among US Senate negotiators remains how to handle an immigration authority that gives the administration broad discretion to allow certain migrants into the United States on a temporary basis. The Biden administration has leaned on the so-called humanitarian parole authority in urgent situations, including to admit Afghans after the US withdrawal from Afghanistan …

A Republican lawsuit threatens a Biden immigration policy thousands have used to come to the US
1 year, 4 months ago

A Republican lawsuit threatens a Biden immigration policy thousands have used to come to the US

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Valerie Laveus remembers when she first heard about an immigration program designed to allow people to come to the U.S. from four countries, including her native Haiti. They are two of the roughly 181,000 people who have entered the U.S. under the humanitarian parole program since President Joe Biden launched the initiative. If the Biden administration loses, it …

A Republican lawsuit threatens a Biden immigration policy thousands have used to come to the US
1 year, 4 months ago

A Republican lawsuit threatens a Biden immigration policy thousands have used to come to the US

The Independent  

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Top US court rules Biden immigration enforcement policy can stand
1 year, 6 months ago

Top US court rules Biden immigration enforcement policy can stand

Al Jazeera  

The United States Supreme Court has ruled to uphold an immigration policy set by the administration of President Joe Biden, which narrowed the scope of those prioritised for deportation. The Southern Poverty Law Center, a legal and rights advocacy group, called the ruling was a “welcome step in the process to reimagine our immigration enforcement priorities”. “With finite resources, the …

Biden administration paroles migrants to reduce overcrowding
2 years, 6 months ago

Biden administration paroles migrants to reduce overcrowding

Al Jazeera  

US Border Patrol says it turned to parole because it lacks space to hold migrants and resources are ‘overwhelmed’. The United States Border Patrol paroled more than 207,000 migrants who crossed from Mexico from August through May, including 51,132 in May, a 28 percent increase from April, according to court records. The head of the Border Patrol’s parent agency says …

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