House Committee Sneaks 'Parole' Amnesty into Reconciliation Bill

It wants to extend parole to all aliens who entered the United States - legally or illegally - prior to January 1, 2011.

Tightening prior amnesty proposals, aliens who are removable under the criminal, national security, smuggling, draft-dodging, polygamy, international child abduction, and unlawful voter grounds of inadmissibility in section 212 of the INA would not be eligible for this massive amnesty.

Aliens who entered illegally but have been paroled into the United States are eligible to apply for green cards under the adjustment of status provision in section 245 of the INA. Otherwise, pursuant to that section of the INA, aliens who entered illegally and who thus have not been admitted or paroled are barred from receiving adjustment.

Given the 10-year timeframe, lawful permanent resident spouses and children of illegal aliens would have plenty of time to naturalize, and thus render the illegal alien family member eligible to adjust status.

The longer that those aliens are in parole status, the more pressure that will be applied to Congress and some future administration to grant them all amnesty.

USCIS adjudicators - rarely national security experts - who determine that an alien is too deluded to be granted parole but who do not want to risk violating the confidentiality provision may just deny the application and shelve the file.

Thus, even if aliens are ineligible for parole because of murder, child-sex-abuse, or drug-trafficking convictions and therefore don't get the benefits in the Build Back Better Act, they will still be allowed to remain in the United States, and therefore be able to continue to prey on the community here.

https://cis.org/Arthur/House-Committee-Sneaks-Parole-Amnesty-Reconciliation-Bill