The US government has admitted to organizing flights that brought illegal immigrants into the country in an effort to reduce the number of migrants crossing the border.
Under this program, thousands of undocumented migrants were secretly flown from foreign airports directly to US cities last year. However, Customs and Border Protection refused to release information about these flights.
This means that at the same time that record numbers of migrants entered the country through the southern border last year, the Biden administration also let them in directly.
AT LEAST 43 DIFFERENT AIRPORTS WERE USED
The Center for Immigration Studies, included in the details of the Freedom of Information Act lawsuit, revealed that during 2023, Biden approved secret flights that transported hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants from foreign countries to at least 43 different American airports.
The program was part of Biden’s expansion of the “CBP One” phone app early last year.
Under this expansion, migrants were able to use the app to apply for asylum in their home country.
The Center for Immigration Studies (CIS) notes that one of the lesser-known uses of the app is to transport migrants directly to the US.
APPLYING FOR ASYLUM VIA PHONE APP
Migrants who cannot enter the US legally use “CBP One” to apply for travel authorization and temporary humanitarian evacuation from these airports.
With this entry, migrants will be able to stay in the US for two years without obtaining legal status and will be eligible for a work permit in the meantime.
The administration said it would not disclose to which airports undocumented foreigners were being transferred.
The lawyers also did not disclose the locations of foreign airports, making it unclear where the migrants are coming from.
Republicans insist that the southern border is not secure and demand that Biden implement stricter protocols between the US and Mexico.
