Rep. Laurel Lee Sends Letter to DHS Secretary Mayorkas Regarding Unlawful Use of Parole

Washington, D.C. – Recently, Congresswoman Laurel Lee (R-FL) sent a letter to U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas regarding the administration’s unlawful use of parole to allow record numbers of inadmissible aliens into the United States.  

Secretary Mayorkas abused parole authority as well as the resources and personnel of DHS, allowing large numbers of inadmissible aliens to be systematically granted unlawful entry into the United States. This violation of law has put communities across the country at risk. In August, an estimated 177,000 migrants were arrested at the southern border, including 91,000 who were part of a family group, exceeding the May 2019 record of 84,486. Migrants in that category group are quickly released from detainment and are allowed to live and work in the U.S. while their humanitarian claims are pending.

“Secretary Mayorkas’ blatant violation of our nation’s laws has made every community across the country a border community,” said Rep. Laurel Lee. “DHS has granted unlawful parole to over a million migrants, with little to no monitoring. That is why I am requesting Secretary Mayorkas release all future parole reports to provide transparency to the American people and hold the Biden Administration accountable.”

Recently, Florida’s Attorney General Ashley Moody sued DHS stating that the “Parole + ATD” policy for migrants apprehended by Border Patrol violates existing federal law. U.S. District Judge T. Kent Weatherell found this policy unlawful, stating that this administration has turned the Southern Border into a “little more than a speed bump for aliens flooding into the country.”

Read the full letter here.

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