A sticking point in border security negotiations is humanitarian parole. Here's what that means
A major sticking point in congressional negotiations over border security and Ukraine aid is the question of whether the Biden administration should continue to have the power to let in migrants who would otherwise be turned away from the United States
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is pushing for a deal on border security and Ukraine funding, but a major sticking point in congressional negotiations has become whether to preserve the president’s authority to allow migrants into the U.S. for special cases during emergencies or global unrest.
But that power to allow in certain immigrants at certain times is not new or particularly novel. It has been used across political lines for decades to admit people from Hungary in the 1950s, Vietnam in the 1970s and Iraqi Kurds over the 1990s. For recipients, it can be a lifeline.
“The parole gave me this opportunity, it has made me realize my dreams, my life,” said Emilia Ferrer Triay, who came from Cuba in 1980 as a young girl. “Everything changed from the first day I arrived, I saw that I had a future ... that there were no restrictions.”
