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John Cornyn: “This was done on a wholesale abuse of something called…”

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

Published | Video Starts at 01:05

He did this via a procedure known as parole, which I'll explain more about in a minute. But this was not in accordance with any law or any visa recognized by Congress or passed through a legislative act. This was done on a wholesale abuse of something called parole authority. Here is a. As I said, I will explain a little bit more. But parole allows inadmissible aliens. That means people from other countries to be physically present in the United States. (01:05–01:14)

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