Share Tweet Forward Report Thousands of ‘Special Interest Aliens’ Posing Potential National Security Risks Entering via CBP One App By Todd Bensman, October 24, 2023 Summary: New records released to the Center last week as part of a FOIA lawsuit reveal that the Biden administration has been authorizing thousands of SIAs for escorted entries through land ports along the border since at least May 2021. The administration has authorized the paroles into the country of some 7,332 SIAs from 24 of the roughly 35-40 U.S.-designated countries of interest, including Iran, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan, but the largest numbers coming from Muslim-majority former Soviet republics in Central Asia such as the Kyrgyz Republic, also known as Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan. Podcast Biden’s Secretive CBP One Scheme Host: Mark Krikorian Guest: Todd Bensman, CIS Senior National Security Fellow Parsing Immigration Policy, Episode 128 Commentary Biden administration secretly let in thousands of unvetted migrants from ‘countries of national security concern’ By Todd Bensman New York Post, October 30, 2023 Excerpt: Following my revelations that President Biden’s Department of Homeland Security has intentionally approved thousands of questionably vetted terror-country immigrants over the southern border, influential Sen. Chuck Grassley has fired off a scathing oversight letter demanding detailed explanations. Featured Posts More Startling Takeaways from CBP’s Saturday Morning ‘News Dump’ Stats By Andrew R. Arthur Excerpt: The FY2023 numbers show that the administration’s disaster at the Southwest border is getting worse, even as costs to Americans continue to pile up. CIS Sues Biden Administration for Terror Suspect Border-Crossing Data By Todd Bensman Excerpt: CIS has again sued CBP, this time for records reflecting the nationalities and group affiliations of the record-breaking 270 illegal border-crossers who have flagged on the FBI terrorism watch since 2021.   95.8 Percent of Illegal Migrants Who Preschedule Their Illegal Entries Are Allowed In By Andrew R. Arthur Excerpt: It’s no wonder migrants are coming illegally to the border with the expectation of being allowed to enter under the administration’s CBP One app port interview scheme, when that’s exactly what’s happening nearly every time. $13.6B Biden Request for Border Security Lacks One Element: A Commitment to Enforcing the Law By David North Excerpt: The current request for more funds for border security of various kinds is, among other things, an effort hide the fact that the government will not enforce the long-standing prohibition against illegal entries into the U.S. What use are more Border Patrol agents if thousands of Venezuelans (among others), not a single one with a visa, can simply fly over our southern border and settle in the U.S.? More Blog Posts Truly Wretched Border Stats Released in a Saturday Morning “News Dump” Did the Surge at the Southern Border Discourage Use of the H-2A Program? $13.6B Biden Request for Border Security Lacks One Element: A Commitment to Enforcing the Law DHS Drops a Mix of Useful and Useless Changes to Guestworker Programs Mike Johnson (La.) Nominated for House Speaker Confirmed: Data Shows that Border Surge Has Halved the Number of H-2B Visas Issued Americans Concerned Mideast Terrorism Could Spill into the United States Immigration and the Environment: U.S. and Europe Committee Opens Probe into USCIS Adjudicator Who Reportedly ‘Celebrated’ Hamas Atrocities The (Misleading) DHS ‘Fact Sheet’ That Really Didn’t Age Well Donate Copyright © 2023 Center for Immigration Studies, All rights reserved.  Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list. View this e-mail in your browser.