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CIS Executive Director Testifies on Executive Branch
Abuse of Parole and TPS Programs

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Washington, D.C. (June 10, 2026) – Mark Krikorian, executive director of the Center for Immigration Studies, testified yesterday before the House Oversight Committee's Task Force on Defending Constitutional Rights and Exposing Institutional Abuses, arguing that successive administrations of both parties have used immigration parole and Temporary Protected Status (TPS) to circumvent limits established by Congress.

In testimony titled “Abuses of U.S. Immigration Policies and Resulting Impacts on Americans ([link removed]) ”, Krikorian contended that executive abuse of immigration law has become a persistent feature of the immigration system.

“Presidents have used parole to allow foreigners who have no right to be here to enter and remain, and TPS to let people already here illegally stay and work,” Krikorian testified. “Together, these programs have become the two main pillars of a shadow immigration system operated across administrations to circumvent immigration limits established by Congress.”

Among the issues highlighted in the testimony:
* Immigration parole, originally intended for rare and exceptional cases, has repeatedly been expanded into broad categorical programs.
* TPS, created as a temporary humanitarian measure, has resulted in effectively permanent residence for beneficiaries.
* Efforts by Congress to narrow executive discretion over parole have repeatedly been bypassed by successive administrations.
* The granting of work authorization has made temporary programs increasingly difficult to unwind.

Krikorian urged Congress to repeal TPS, impose a numerical limit on parole, and restrict work authorization to categories explicitly authorized by Congress.
Will Congress reassert its constitutional role in setting the nation’s immigration policy?

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