Illegal migrants are not only overwhelming the border, but President Biden is secretly flying them to airports across the country.
According to data obtained by the Center for Immigration Studies through a Freedom of Information Act request, over 200,000 individuals from four countries have arrived in the past year.
In January, the Department of Homeland Security under Biden initiated a new strategy to decrease the large crowds at the southern border. This strategy includes the use of the CBP One smartphone application, which encourages intending illegal border-crossers to make appointments with US officials at land ports of entry instead of crossing illegally.
Once an appointment is made, these inadmissible aliens are paroled by US Customs officials and allowed to travel to cities of their choosing within the United States.
However, one of the most mysterious and potentially controversial aspects of this new program is that migrants can now take commercial passenger flights from foreign countries directly to their chosen American cities, crossing over the border and even over Mexico in the process.
Under this program, Cubans, Venezuelans, Nicaraguans, Haitians, and Colombians can request “advance travel authorizations” through the CBP One mobile app and take commercial flights, paid for by themselves, which land at US airports. Upon arrival, they are paroled into the nation by US Customs officers without being seen or counted.
The Biden administration has largely kept quiet about this flight program in the year since its implementation, possibly to avoid political backlash similar to the criticism received over “ghost flights” used to transport migrant children to various airports.
However, records show that between late October 2022 and mid-September 2023, a total of 221,456 Venezuelans, Haitians, Cubans, and Nicaraguans were approved for air travel. The numbers for Colombians and Ukrainians, who were also granted access to the direct-flight parole program, remain unknown.
More recently, the administration extended the program to include Hondurans, El Salvadorans, and Guatemalans.
The specific interior ports of entry used in this direct-flight program have been redacted and withheld by CBP, citing concerns about harming law enforcement techniques and procedures.
The administration has been reluctant to provide comprehensive data on its CBP One-based border strategy, which allows for the mass parole of inadmissible aliens who would otherwise attempt to cross illegally.
The limited data available for the direct flights reveals that Haitians flew into US airports in the largest numbers from January through mid-September, with a total of 76,582 arrivals.
Among Venezuelans, 63,360 arrived at 43 different airports, but a significant number, 39,474, landed at a preferred airport.
A total of 46,794 Cubans arrived at 41 airports, with the majority of them, 33,355, choosing one particular airport.
While it is likely that Miami was the preferred airport in these cases, the unredacted information from CBP is needed to confirm this.
Todd Bensman is a senior national security fellow at the Center for Immigration Studies.
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