Chairman Mark Green of the House Homeland Security Committee stated that President Biden’s newest executive action on amnesty is a security threat and an "affront to the rule of law." Green made the statement in a press release on June 18.
"President Biden's election-year, eleventh-hour ploy for mass amnesty is not surprising, but it is an important reminder for anyone who doubted––this administration was never serious about securing the border," said Green, Chairman of House Homeland Security Committee, according to Homeland Security Committee. "By allowing otherwise inadmissible aliens to remain in the country indefinitely through a ‘parole-in-place' sleight of hand, and to receive generous, taxpayer-funded benefits, this president is sending a loud and clear message to any would-be border crosser that the door is not only wide open—there's a welcome mat. Biden and his now-impeached DHS secretary have paroled roughly two million inadmissible aliens into the country, likely with no plan to remove them once their parole expires. Today's executive order further legitimizes unlawful entry into our country––an affront to the rule of law and an insult to every American."
President Biden announced executive actions to keep mixed-status families together, allowing non-citizen spouses and children of U.S. citizens to apply for permanent residence without leaving the country. According to the White House, this affects approximately 550,000 people. Additionally, the administration is easing the visa process for U.S. college graduates, including Dreamers.
According to the House Homeland Security Committee press release, this action gives migrant spouses of U.S. citizens "parole-in-place," which was originally used only on a case-by-case basis but will now enable U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to release migrants into the interior. Green said illegal migrants will await hearings and green cards while living in the United States, which he described as "a blatant slap in the face to those who have entered the United States through lawful means."
Another "mass parole program" was discovered to have been used by Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas earlier this year, according to a House Homeland Security Committee press release. From January to August of 2023, 400,000 "inadmissible" migrants were flown into airports across the United States.
Green was elected to Congress in 2019, representing the 7th District of Tennessee. He is the Chairman of the House Committee on Homeland Security and sits on the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
