Reschenthaler, Roy Call for Termination of CHNV Program
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Chief Deputy Whip Guy Reschenthaler (R-PA) and U.S. Representative Chip Roy (R-TX) have called for the termination of the Biden-Harris Administration’s mass parole program for nationals of Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela (CHNV). Reschenthaler and Roy were joined by 25 members in their letter to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas.
In the letter, the lawmakers wrote: “We call on the administration to end the unlawful, fraud-filled CHNV program and curtail TPS and other immigration relief provided to aliens paroled through CHNV. Without doing so, the Biden-Harris Administration’s immigration policies will continue to place significant burdens on communities across our nation.”
Since January 2023, nearly 530,000 inadmissible aliens have entered the U.S. through the CHNV program. This decision has placed significant financial stress and burdens on communities across the nation, including Charleroi, Pennsylvania — which Reschenthaler represents. Recently, 25 Republican governors wrote to the Administration demanding information about the severely misguided immigration program and highlighting the negative impacts on local communities.
In July 2024, DHS temporarily suspended the CHNV program due to widespread fraud. An internal DHS report found that the program sponsor’s personally identifiable information was being used hundreds of times on the application forms of different aliens. Notably, 100,948 forms were filled out by 3,218 serial program sponsors. The report also found that 24 of the 1,000 most used phone numbers for program sponsors belonged to deceased individuals and 100 physical addresses were used up to 739 times on nearly 20,000 forms.
Under federal law, the Immigration and Nationality Act grants the President authority to parole aliens, but only temporarily and only on a case-by-case basis for significant public benefit or urgent humanitarian reasons. The CHNV program clearly exceeds the parole authority authorized by Congress.
Read the full letter here.