Biden Admin Paroled Thousands Of Migrants Into US Without Any Plan To Return Them Home

The Biden administration temporarily waved in over half a million foreigners with no concrete strategy on how to keep their stay in the country temporary, a government watchdog found.

Between July 2021 to January 2025, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) opened the door to well over 800,000 noncitizens through various parole programs, but had no “defined process” to address their parole expiration, according to the DHS Office of Inspector General (OIG). The report also concluded that the Biden administration did not initiate enforcement actions for those whose parole had expired and had no assurances that former parolees were even legally present.

“DHS had defined policies, processes, procedures, and roles for certain aspects of the parole processes, such as granting re-parole and adjudicating applications for legal status, but DHS did not have a well-defined process or designate a responsible entity for monitoring and addressing parole expiration,” the OIG report states.

“As a result, DHS did not have assurance that the end of the parole process was operating as intended,” the report continues.

DHS is authorized to temporarily parole foreign nationals into the U.S. on a case-by-case basis for various humanitarian reasons or significant public benefit, according to the 🛂Immigration and Nationality Act. Parole allows eligible noncitizens temporary lawful presence, but does not provide Immigration