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John Cornyn: “President Biden essentially gave an easy pass to 77,000…”

Featuring: John Cornyn, Republican | U.S. Senate, Texas

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John Cornyn Previews Senate Hearing On Biden Administration's Immigration And Parole Policies

Published | Video Starts at 09:03

In other words, these individuals are ostensibly physically present legally, but they are not admitted for purposes of immigration. Well, under Operation Allies Welcome, President Biden essentially gave an easy pass to 77,000 aliens who weren't eligible to come to the United States by the law as it then existed. in the first place. This so called discretionary immigration authority was only supposed to be used again on a case by case basis for exceedingly rare and extreme circumstances. (09:03–09:16)

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Asserts that 77,000 individuals were allowed entry into the U.S. under parole authority despite being ineligible by existing law.

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