Ports Appointments as Optics Management

Updated: 2024.10.24 1Y ago 1 sources
Government parole and appointment systems (like CBP One and CHNV) can be used not only to process migrants but to change where crossings occur — moving encounters into official ports of entry to alter public visibility and accountability. That shift can mask uncontrolled border crossings while increasing administrative releases into the interior with limited vetting. — If parole/appointment programs are systematically used to relocate crossings to ports of entry, that alters enforcement outcomes, legal responsibilities, and public debate about border control and immigration policy.

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STARTLING STATS FACTSHEET: Fiscal Year 2024 Ends With Nearly 3 Million Inadmissible Encounters, 10.8 Million Total Encounters Since FY2021 – Committee on Homeland Security
2024.10.24 100% relevant
The factsheet cites that nearly half of FY2024 encounters were at ports of entry, CBP One appointments exceeded 852,000 since Jan 2023, and CHNV parole arrivals exceeded 530,000 — data the committee links to deliberate program use to shift crossings.
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