BREAKING: Per DHS sources to me & @GriffJenkins, the Haitian man arrested for raping a 15 y/o disabled girl at a migrant hotel in Massachusetts Wednesday night came to the U.S. via the Biden admin’s parole program for Haitians, which allowed him to fly into JFK airport in NYC direct from Haiti in June 2023 w/ a 2 year parole grant. We’re told that ICE has now filed a detainer on 26-year-old Cory B. Alvarez with local authorities, & that he had a sponsor listed in New Jersey as part of his parole.
The Biden admin’s controversial CHNV parole program allows up to 30,000 Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans, and Venezuelans to fly into the U.S. after they’ve supposedly been vetted and have a sponsor in the U.S.
The recipients typically receive two year “humanitarian parole” grants, which allow them to apply for work authorization and live in the U.S.
According to CBP data, at least 138,000 Haitians have been brought to the U.S. since the start of the Biden admin’s program in January 2023.
The Biden admin considers this program a “lawful pathway”, and the recipients bypass the border entirely, flying over it instead. The program is an effort to cut down on high numbers of illegal crossings at the border.
I reached out to CBP & DHS for comment yesterday, and have not heard back yet.
Alvarez’s CBP photo via source 👇🏻
The Biden admin’s controversial CHNV parole program allows up to 30,000 Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans, and Venezuelans to fly into the U.S. after they’ve supposedly been vetted and have a sponsor in the U.S.
The recipients typically receive two year “humanitarian parole” grants, which allow them to apply for work authorization and live in the U.S.
According to CBP data, at least 138,000 Haitians have been brought to the U.S. since the start of the Biden admin’s program in January 2023.
The Biden admin considers this program a “lawful pathway”, and the recipients bypass the border entirely, flying over it instead. The program is an effort to cut down on high numbers of illegal crossings at the border.
I reached out to CBP & DHS for comment yesterday, and have not heard back yet.
Alvarez’s CBP photo via source 👇🏻
UPDATE: In a statement to @FoxNews, ICE confirms our reporting that this Haitian national first came to the US via New York City last summer, and that ICE has filed a detainer on him. However, it is CBP & DHS that handle the parole program he came in on, and neither agency has provided a comment to us despite us reaching out to them almost 24 hours ago now. It is now past close of business in DC on a Friday evening.
Completely unacceptable lack of transparency from both @DHSgov @CBP blatantly running out the clock and failing to respond, likely hoping the weekend will kill the news cycle on this high profile story.
Credit to @ICEgov for providing us a comment, though their involvement in this is minimal, just back end enforcement now that he’s been arrested for child rape. Here’s the ICE statement:
Completely unacceptable lack of transparency from both @DHSgov @CBP blatantly running out the clock and failing to respond, likely hoping the weekend will kill the news cycle on this high profile story.
Credit to @ICEgov for providing us a comment, though their involvement in this is minimal, just back end enforcement now that he’s been arrested for child rape. Here’s the ICE statement:
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