As the migrant crisis escalates in big cities, Democrats are quick to shift blame onto Texas and Governor Greg Abbott’s busing program. However, a recent investigation has revealed a clandestine initiative by President Joe Biden, wherein hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants have been secretly flown from Latin American airports to 43 U.S. cities. This covert program, deliberately concealed from public knowledge, involves at least 320,000 immigrants the administration acknowledges as “inadmissible,” surpassing previous estimates.
Despite a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit by the Center for Immigration Studies (CIS), the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has refused to disclose the 43 airports receiving these immigrants after direct flights from Latin America. The administration justifies this secrecy by expressing concerns that revealing the information might empower “bad actors” to undermine law enforcement efforts to secure the U.S. border.
The heart of the investigation revolves around Biden’s controversial scheme, allowing illegal immigrants to use a cellphone scheduling app, CBP One, to gain access to the U.S. without traversing through Mexico. Described as one of the most enigmatic and least-known programs, it has quietly facilitated the air importation of 320,000 individuals lacking legal entry rights since late 2022. Through legally questionable parole programs, applicants use CBP One to seek travel authorization and temporary humanitarian release, granting them two-year periods of legal status, including work authorization.
Once authorized, these individuals purchase airfare to U.S. international airports where CBP personnel expedite their release. The immigrants are responsible for covering their airfare costs, which, although significant, are often deemed less hazardous than traveling through Mexico to reach the California, Arizona, or Texas border. This covert flight program operates in conjunction with another initiative that grants CBP One users a green light into the U.S., bringing in an additional 420,000 immigrants from nearly 100 nations between May 2021 and December 2023.
