"The use of fake Social Security Numbers (SSNs), including SSNs of deceased individuals, and the use of false phone numbers. Many applications listed the same physical address. In fact, 100 addresses were listed on over 19,000 forms, and many parole applicants applied from a single property (including a mobile park home, warehouse, and storage unit). In addition, many applications were submitted by the same IP address. If this were bad enough, the same exact answers to Forml-134A questions were provided on hundreds of applications–in some instances, the same answer was used by over 10,000 applicants."
According to the internal report obtained by FAIR, 2,622,076 CHNV sponsor application forms (Form l-134A) were received as of April 17, 2024. Of those 2.6 million, about 529,000 applications were "confirmed," and around 118,000 were "not confirmed." On average, the same IP address was associated with 2.2 application forms. For example, "one IP address located in Tijuana was used 1,328 times." In addition, many of the A-file numbers were also false. A-file numbers are the unique files assigned to each alien. According to the report, a "total of 1085 A-numbers were never issued by USCIS." Sponsors and parolees used fictitious information and data to fill out the forms.
FAIR also discovered the internal report "found a total of 100,948 forms had been filed by 3,218 different serial sponsors," many of whom did not supply the required income information. U.S. sponsors are required to support the aliens they take in financially. In addition, according to the report, "24 of the 1,000 most used sponsor SSNs belong to a deceased individual."
Other reoccurring information on Form l–134A includes:
- Multiple uses of one sponsor's phone number. "One sponsor phone number was reported on over 2,000 forms submitted by 200 different sponsors.
- Multiple uses of one parolee's phone number. "One parolee phone number was reported on 626 different forms and was associated with 238 different parolee last names and 142 different parolee addresses."
- Email addresses were also repeatedly used similarly. "According to the report, the most frequently used sponsor email address was listed on 363 different forms." In addition, one parolee email address was listed on 1,723 different forms collectively submitted by 477 different sponsors."
- There were repetitive answers to questions on the forms, in one instance the same answer was used 4,978 times, for example.
- There were "suspicious data changes" using the online service to log into sponsor accounts. Sponsor names and parolee names would often change.
- When DHS researched the zip codes used on the forms. 465 zip codes were non-existent.
- Thousands of non-existent phone numbers and social security numbers were used—numbers like 111111111 or 123456789, etc.
- Physical addresses were used "over and over."
DHS resumed the CHNV parole program in late August. Rep. Mark Green (R-TN), Chairman of the House Committee on Homeland Security, criticized DHS for resuming the program, stating there is "fraud permeating the program." He says the parole program is a "mass parole scheme" and a "massive shell game." An excerpt from Green's August 29 statement is below:
House Committee on Homeland Security Subpoenas Documents on CHNV Parole Program
In April, Green and the Committee obtained documents via subpoena identifying over 50 airport locations, including the nation's Capitol, used by DHS to process 404,000 inadmissible aliens through the CHNV program. According to the documents, as of mid-October 2023, "1.6 million inadmissible aliens awaiting travel authorizations through the CHNV program...none of these individuals have a legal basis to enter the country before being paroled through the program." According to Green, "Secretary Mayorkas' CHNV program is an unlawful sleight of hand used to hide the worsening border crisis from the American people." Green believes the implementation of a program that flies aliens directly to U.S. airports has "no public benefit" or humanitarian reason, as mandated by the Immigration and Nationality Act. The top 15 airports are shown below, according to the Committee subpoena responses:
According to the Homeland Security Committee, the arrivals are not just from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela. In June 2024, Committee members revealed inadmissible aliens were also arriving from more than 70 other countries worldwide using the mass parole program.
On August 13, 2024, the Committee sent a letter to Mayorkas requesting documentation on the CHNV program from DHS and USCIS. The requested documentation includes an unredacted copy of the DHS's internal report and all documents and communications "between or among any employee or contractor of the Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services." DHS has repeatedly refused to comply with Committee requests for information on the CHNV program.
Green's July 2024 fact sheet on the border states that nationwide encounters this fiscal year have "increased 1.6% compared to this time last fiscal year and 71% compared to this time in Fiscal Year (FY) 2021. Additionally, there have been "more than 10.1 million encounters nationwide and more than 8.2 million at the Southwest Border. By comparison, CBP recorded around 3.1 million such encounters nationwide from FY2017-2020." According to the Committee, the Northern Border crisis has also worsened under the current administration, with encounters increasing "over 400%" in July 2024 as compared to July FY2021. Northern border encounters this fiscal year "have surpassed all of FY21 and FY22 combined."
