Security Threat: Biden Administration Loses Track of 77,000 Afghans in America While Over a Million Unchecked Migrants Flood the Borders

In a damning revelation, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has come under fire for its failure to monitor approximately 77,000 Afghan Islamic nationals paroled into the United States following the 2021 withdrawal from Afghanistan. This lapse has raised serious concerns about the department’s capacity to manage the broader scope of 1.1 million foreign nationals paroled into the U.S. since 2023 under President Biden’s dangerous open border policy.

Parole, in this context, refers to the temporary permission given to foreign nationals to enter and stay in the United States for urgent humanitarian reasons or significant public benefit. This status does not provide a path to permanent residency or citizenship but allows individuals to remain lawfully in the country for a specified period.

Following President Joe Biden’s destructive and irresponsible withdrawal from Afghanistan in the late summer of 2021, the federal government brought approximately 97,000 Afghan evacuees into the United States as part of Operation Allies Welcome. This operation, initiated after the collapse of the Afghan central government and security forces, aimed to resettle “vulnerable” Afghans in American communities. Of these arrivals, about 77,000 (79 percent) were granted humanitarian parole for two years.

According to a recent t report by the Office of Inspector General (OIG), the department has not been tracking the expiration of humanitarian parole for these Afghan evacuees, leading to only three deportations out of seventy-seven thousand between July 2021 and December 2022. The deportations included one Islamic Afghani for terrorism-related activity, one for murder, and one for abusive sexual contact. The report highlights a fragmented process within DHS for identifying and acting on derogatory information related to the parolees.

The Inspector General’s findings indicate that no DHS component has been responsible for monitoring parole expiration. U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) assumed that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) would handle it. However, USCIS stated they are not equipped for law enforcement duties, and ICE, with only 6,000 removal officers, is already overburdened monitoring millions of migrants in removal proceedings.

Biden’s Department of Homeland Security has failed to keep track of nearly 80,000 Afghan evacuees granted parole. pic.twitter.com/xibl8cIyzg

— Kambree (@KamVTV) June 5, 2024

Fox News National Correspondent Bill Melugin reported on the critical oversight, saying, “If you thought the government was monitoring the many hundreds of thousands of migrants the Biden admin has released into the U.S. for 2-year humanitarian parole grants over the last few years, and removing those who overstay and become unlawfully in the U.S., you’d be wrong. No agency was tracking it, and according to this DHS OIG report, the government has been asleep at the wheel.”

NEW: In a DHS Inspector General report released this month, the IG found that DHS has not been monitoring humanitarian parole expiration for the roughly 77,000 Afghans brought into the US for 2 year paroles after the withdrawal in 2021. Additionally, the IG found only 3 Afghan… pic.twitter.com/Oi0xa9HJ1S

— Bill Melugin (@BillMelugin_) May 30, 2024

Further complicating the issue, more than 400,000 migrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela have been granted two-year paroles through a mass parole program, with no agency monitoring their status either.

The DHS report also revealed that the department lacks a process for identifying and resolving derogatory information for Operation Allies Welcome (OAW) parolees. The report found vulnerabilities in USCIS and ICE processes for resolving derogatory information, including a potential enforcement gap for parolees denied immigration benefits, misalignment between USCIS case referral criteria and ICE case acceptance criteria, and a complex process for removing parolees to Afghanistan. Additionally, there are data inaccuracies in USCIS and ICE records for the OAW population, further complicating the monitoring efforts.

In response to the report, DHS has agreed with the Inspector General’s findings and has proposed forming two working groups to develop processes for terminating parole and making referrals to ICE. However, these processes are not expected to be completed until July 2025, leaving a substantial gap in the interim. This delay continues to leave the American public in danger, as the lack of effective monitoring and enforcement allows potentially dangerous illegals to remain unchecked within the country.

Republicans on the U.S. House Homeland Security Committee voiced their concerns on X, stating, “If the Biden administration has no plan to handle 77,000 Afghan parolees, forget about them having a plan to remove 1.1 million inadmissible aliens paroled in via the CBP One and CHNV mass-parole schemes since last January.”

If the Biden administration has no plan to handle 77,000 Afghan parolees, forget about them having a plan to remove 1.1 million inadmissible aliens paroled in via the CBP One and CHNV mass-parole schemes since last January. https://t.co/m5HxzNUffz

— House Homeland GOP (@HomelandGOP) May 31, 2024

CBP One is a mobile application launched by U.S. Customs and Border Protection to streamline managing and tracking migrants, allowing them to schedule appointments and access services. The CHNV program refers to the mass parole program for migrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela, allowing them to enter the U.S. under temporary humanitarian parole.

DHS’s failure to track these parolees not only highlights a significant oversight in the current immigration system but also emphasizes the broader challenges facing the Biden administration’s handling of the border crisis. With no immediate solutions in sight, the agency’s efficacy in managing the influx of parolees remains in question.

Key Findings from the OIG Report:

1. Fragmented Process: DHS has a fragmented process for identifying and resolving derogatory information for Afghan parolees, resulting in enforcement gaps and misaligned case-handling criteria.
2. Lack of Monitoring: DHS has no designated component to monitor parole expiration, relying on a fragmented system that leaves significant gaps.
3. Data Inaccuracies: Errors in data records for parolees complicate efforts to track and manage their status.
4. Response and Recommendations: DHS has agreed to form working groups to address these issues but does not expect to have processes in place until mid-2025. This delay continues to leave the American public in danger, as the lack of effective monitoring and enforcement allows potentially dangerous illegals to remain unchecked within the country.

The OIG report and the subsequent reactions expose a dangerous vulnerability in the U.S. immigration and border management system, raising urgent questions about the government’s capacity to manage large-scale parole programs effectively. Furthermore, it highlights a massive threat to Americans’ safety.

As recently seen in Germany, an unemployed Afghan refugee living off the country’s welfare stabbed Islam critic Michael Stürzenberger and killed a young German police officer. As Stürzenberger said from his hospital bed, “Look what a single Afghan ‘refugee’ can do with a knife…” Will the Biden administration act shocked when one of the unmonitored Afghans in America carries out a similar attack on a non-Muslim here? America is under threat, and instead of using our resources to deport those illegally in our country and adequately funding and hiring more agents, we continue to allow hundreds of thousands of unchecked illegals to pour across our borders.