A sticking point in border security negotiations is humanitarian parole. Here’s what that means

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is pushing for a deal on <a class=«Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement» data-gtm-enhancement-style=«LinkEnhancementA» href=«https://apnews.com/A» major sticking point in negotiations over border security and ukraine funding congress has been whether the biden administration should continue to have authority allow migrants into u.s. who would otherwise be turned away. republicans deride as a end run around that allows large numbers of tax drain an already over-extended immigration system. but government ability certain immigrants at times isn new. it used admit people from hungary vietnam iraqi kurds for recipients can lifeline. target="_blank" rel=«noopener»>border security and Ukr

aine funding, but a major sticking point in congressional negotiations has become whether to preserve the president’s authority to allow migrants into the U.S. for special cases during emergencies or global unrest.

Republicans deride the authority, known as humanitarian parole, as a Biden administration end run around Congress that allows into the U.S. large numbers of migrants who further tax an already overextended immigration system.

But that power to allow in certain immigrants at certain times is not new or particularly novel. It has been used across political lines for decades to admit people from Hungary in the 1950s, Vietnam in the 1970s and Iraqi Kurds over the 1990s. For recipients, it can be a lifeline.

“The parole gave me this opportunity, it has made me realize my dreams, my life,” said Emilia Ferrer Triay, who came from Cuba in 1980 as a young girl. “Everything changed from the first day I arrived, I saw that I had a future… that there were no restrictions.”

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