Republican members of a House Judiciary subcommittee criticized the lack of answers from the director of a controversial immigration parole program during a hearing on Dec. 4.
Rep. Tom McClintock (R-Calif.), chairman of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement, requested Ur Jaddou, director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), to provide statistics for the Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela (CHNV) program, specifically the number of CHNV parolees whose authorization had expired and were still working.
“I don’t have those numbers with me,” Jaddou said when asked.
McClintock said the subcommittee requested information in October.
She confirmed that employment authorization was tied to the same period as parole, meaning once parole ended so did employment….