Hundreds of thousands of migrants entered the U.S. under a Biden White House initiative that allows them to bypass the border and fly directly into the U.S. Of those migrants, 80% of them are landing in the Sunshine State.
The program is meant to serve as a safer pathway into the country, according to the Biden administration. However, critics of the program argue that it’s adding to the overwhelmed immigration system, and they question its legality.
The migrant is responsible for airfare expenses but once in the U.S., they can apply for work. After two years, there are a number of options that would allow them to remain in the U.S.
The program has been around since January of last year, and more than 400,000 migrants have taken advantage of it.
The Homeland Security House Committee wanted to know where these migrants are flying into and subpoenaed the Department of Homeland Security for the data.
The committee was provided with numbers from January to August of 2023, showing U.S. destinations for 200,000 of the migrants.
The other 200,000 migrants who utilized the program in the following months are not included in this data set.
Eighty percent of the migrants flew to Florida. Miami had more than 90,000 migrants fly into the city. Miami, Fort Lauderdale, Orlando, and Tampa saw 161,562 migrants travel through their airports. New York saw 14,827, Houston had 7,923, and Los Angeles had 3,271 migrants fly into their cities.
“It’s a secret in the sense, yes, we know the program is going on, we’re suing, we think it’s illegal, but, they’re not coordinating with state government at all,” DeSantis said. “If they throw six people on a commercial flight, there’s no acknowledgement at all to state or local authorities. That’s a fact.”
According to DHS, the migrants flying over are considered “inadmissible,” meaning they are “not permitted by law to enter the U.S.”
“What they’re essentially saying is that the laws passed by Congress have said that these people are inadmissible, and so they created a program to try to get around those laws,” Rep. Mark Green, R-Tenn., chairman of the Homeland Security Committee, said. “The thing is, they don’t have the authority to create such a program. By their own admission, they’re breaking the law.”
The White House released a statement in response.
“This is a lawful process that cuts out smugglers seeking to take advantage of vulnerable individuals considering migrating and that has successfully decreased irregular migration from these countries. To say this process is “secret” is laughably false.”
This program initiative by the Biden White House is capped to 30,000 migrants a month. There are already millions of migrants on a waiting list who have applied.
A new Gallup poll released on Tuesday, April 30, shows immigration is still the No. 1 issue for American voters.
Some voters believe programs like the CHNV program can be a solution and give some slack to a strained immigration system by allowing certain migrants who qualify to bypass it. Other voters believe it’s incentivizing more immigration when cities are already overwhelmed.
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