Immigration & Border Security

Biden-Era Immigration Programs Received Thousands of Fraudulent Applications: GAO Report

The U.S. Government Accountability Office issued a report that identified flaws in the parole program.
Biden-Era Immigration Programs Received Thousands of Fraudulent Applications: GAO Report
Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) processing center in El Paso, Texas, on Feb. 13, 2025. Justin Hamel/AFP via Getty Images
Jacki Thrapp
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Federal immigration policies led to thousands of fraudulent applications being submitted when 774,000 noncitizens were granted parole from May 2022 through September 2024, according to a report by the Government Accountability Office (GAO).

The humanitarian parole program, under the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), which was led by Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas from 2021 to 2025, granted noncitizens temporary permission to stay in the United States if they had a sponsor.

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