The criminal use of the Department of Homeland Security’s parole authority to broadly allow mass undocumented invasion by foreigners has been struck down by Federal Judge T. Kent Wetherell. The judge oversaw a settlement with the State of Florida that bans the Biden loophole from being allowed to be used again by any administration within 15 years of the signing of the agreement.
Revival of Biden’s Mass-Migrant Parole Program Blocked for 15 Years – slaynews.com
The Trump administration has secured a federal consent decree declaring one of former President Joe Biden’s mass-migrant parole programs unlawful and preventing any future administration from reviving a similar system for the next 15 years.
The settlement, approved by Judge T. Kent Wetherell in federal court in northern Florida, emerged from a lawsuit filed by the state of Florida in 2023 and places strict limits on how the federal government may use the Department of Homeland Security’s parole authority under Section 1182(d)(5).
Under the agreement, the federal government cannot use parole authority to create categorical processing pathways at the border designed to ease detention capacity or improve operational efficiency.