The Humanitarian Parole Program for Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans and Venezuelans

Q: Did the Biden administration secretly fly over 300,000 migrants to the U.S.?A: As of January, the Department of Homeland Security had admitted about 357,000 Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans and Venezuelans it vetted and authorized to fly to the U.S. through a humanitarian parole program. The travelers pay for the flights.FULL QUESTIONIs it true that the federal government is or was paying for plane tickets to fly illegal migrants into American airports from foreign countries?FULL ANSWERReaders have been submitting questions like the one above since former President Donald Trump gave his Super Tuesday victory speech on March 5.While criticizing President Joe Biden, Trump said, “Today, it was announced that 325,000 people were flown in from parts unknown.” He continued: “They flew 325,000 migrants, flew them in over the borders into our country. So that really tells you where they’re coming from. They want open borders, and open borders are going to destroy our country.”Trump appears to have been referring to news reports that cited reporting from the Center for Immigration Studies, a self-described “low-immigration, pro-immigrant” group.In a March 4 post, Todd Bensman, a senior national security fellow for the think tank, wrote about the more than 320,000 migrants who came to...