Parole Became a Mass‑Entry Tool

The article documents how discrete statutory parole — intended for case‑by‑case humanitarian or court‑related exceptions — has been used at scale to admit millions of inadmissible people. If accurate, this represents a functional shift from parole as narrow discretion to parole as a routine border‑management mechanism under the Biden DHS. — If parole is being used at scale, it reframes debates about border policy from detention vs. release logistics to executive reinterpretation of immigration law and the need for legislative or judicial remedy.