The Biden administration’s contentious parole flight program for immigrants arriving in the US has brought immigrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela to over 45 major American cities. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has acknowledged that these immigrants are “inadmissible” to the US.

According to a post by Bill Melugin at Fox News, data obtained from the Department of Homeland Security reveals that “45+ U.S. cities have received hundreds of thousands of migrants via the Biden administration’s controversial ‘CHNV’ mass parole program.”

EXCLUSIVE: Internal DHS data reveals the 45+ U.S. cities that hundreds of thousands of migrants have flown into via the Biden administration's controversial "CHNV" mass parole program.
The data was obtained by @HomelandGOP via a subpoena to DHS, and was provided to @FoxNews.
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— Bill Melugin (@BillMelugin_) April 30, 2024

The information was obtained through a House Homeland Security Committee subpoena and shared by Fox News. The DHS document stated, “All individuals paroled into the United States are, by definition, inadmissible, including those paroled under the CHNV processes.”

The parole program has faced controversy, with some immigrants admitted under the program later committing crimes. Initially announced in October 2022 for Venezuelans, the program expanded in January 2023 to include Haitians, Nicaraguans, and Cubans. It allows 30,000 people per month to enter the US, granting them work permits and two-year authorization to stay. By the end of February 2024, over 400,000 foreign nationals had entered the US through the program.

US Citizenship and Immigration Services defines “parole” as when “an individual who is paroled into the United States has not been formally admitted into the United States for purposes of immigration law.”

The DHS Secretary has defended the program as a “safe and orderly way to reach the United States,” claiming it has “reduced the numbers of those nationalities” crossing the border. He emphasized its role in addressing migration challenges across the hemisphere, presenting it as a model for other countries.

Miami, Florida, leads the list of cities receiving immigrants under the program, with 91,821 arrivals, followed by Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, with 60,461, and New York City, New York, with 14,827, according to Fox News’ eight-month data window.