Cruz, other senators demand end to ‘flawed’ immigration program under Biden-Harris – DNyuz

A group of senators, led by Ted Cruz (R-Texas), sent a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland and Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Tuesday demanding the administration end the “fundamentally flawed” CHNV program.

The program, which was recently revived despite discoveries of fraud, allows 30,000 people per month from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela to immigrate to the United States. These beneficiaries are flown to the U.S. and given two-year work permits.

‘Marginal improvements and clichés to improve the program will not solve the fundamental fraud, failure and illegality of the CHNV program.’

In a letter obtained by the Daily Wire, Senator Cruz and his fellow lawmakers urged the federal government to “immediately” end the “ineffective, illegal and dangerous” program.

The DHS temporarily suspended CHNV in mid-July “out of an abundance of caution” after a report from the Fraud Detection and National Security Directorate found fraud in some of the applications filed by U.S.-based sponsors of the foreign beneficiaries. The report revealed that approximately 3,000 sponsors had submitted more than 100,000 forms. It also found that some sponsors used phone numbers of deceased individuals, addresses of storage units and false ZIP codes.

A DHS spokesperson said the agency would implement “additional screening” of sponsors to prevent fraud. However, the program was restarted less than six weeks after the report was released.

In the letter, Cruz stated: “Stop-gap marginal improvements and platitudes to fix the program will not solve the fundamental fraud, failure, and illegality of the CHNV program. This fundamentally flawed program must be permanently dismantled. The program has not only facilitated widespread fraud, but has also exposed serious vulnerabilities in our immigration system, leading to dire consequences for public safety. The tragic sexual assault and murder of 12-year-old Jocelyn Nungaray by two Venezuelan illegal aliens illustrates the dangers posed by the Biden-Harris administration’s immigration policies.”

The senators say the program is illegal and there is a “general lack of oversight.”

“By instituting a categorical program based on nationality, the Biden administration has created a parallel immigration system without congressional approval,” the senators said.

“There have been many cases of crimes, such as sexual assault, rape, and murder, committed by CHNV participants,” they noted. “Scammers have charged up to $5,000 for sponsorship, underscoring the program’s vulnerability to exploitation by traffickers and other malicious actors.”

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