Biden orders release of Cuban, Venezuelan and Nicaraguan migrants into U.S. as border crisis intensifies

A new report has revealed that the Biden administration is releasing Cubans, Venezuelans, Nicaraguans and some Colombians into the United States through a humanitarian parole pathway, just as the crisis along the U.S.-Mexico border intensifies, overwhelming agents and overcrowding detention facilities.

Although federal law states that parole authority is to be used on a case-by-case basis for “urgent humanitarian purposes” and "significant public benefits,” a DHS source in the Rio Grande Valley Sector said administration officials sent out an email ordering the release of undocumented migrants from the four Latin American countries – with the exception of Colombian single male adults, Fox News Reported.    

NEW: (1/3) A DHS source in RGV sector tells me the federal gov has started mass releasing Cubans, Venezuelans, Nicaraguans, & some Colombians via *parole* after this email went out on Sunday notifying BP agents that HQ had authorized the move “effective immediately.” @FoxNews pic.twitter.com/7oAsBJPfBT

— Bill Melugin (@BillFOXLA) March 24, 2022

Ultimately this means that tens of thousands of migrants will be released into the United States right as the administration struggles to address the worst border crisis in recent history with more than 150,000 border encounter numbers per month for the least year.

One way that officials have been removing immigrants is through the Trump administration’s controversial Title 42 which allows migrants to be expelled from the United States to help prevent the spread of COVID-19. There are reports, however, which state that the administration is considering ending the Trump-era policy as many critics argue it denies due process to asylum-seekers.

Not all immigrants can be removed through Title 42, however, and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) said in a statement that individuals without a legal basis to stay in the U.S. will be placed in removal proceedings.

"Although some facilities have reached capacity, CBP continues to safely, efficiently and effectively process individuals encountered in the Del Rio Sector," a spokesperson said.

There were 164,973 border encounters in February, compared to 101,099 in February of last year – a year-over-year surge that has left observers worried that another massive immigrant influx is on the horizon.

Preliminary CBP data also shows that authorities are on track to have encountered more than 200,000 migrants in March, compared to 173,277 in March of last year, the Washington Post reported.

In response, a top Pentagon official told lawmakers on Thursday that DHS had requested additional support from the Pentagon to help deal with a potential increase in migrants, adding that the department has already put out a call for staff volunteers to serve at the border as DHS “continues to encounter large numbers of individuals at the Southwest Border.”

“We are overrun,” one Border Patrol agent in Del Rio told Fox News. "We are now doing paroles. I want to be p---ed about it, but at this point we are simply overrun."