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Experts debate parole, NGO contracts and missing unaccompanied children during immigration hearing
Summary
Policy witnesses at the subcommittee hearing offered competing explanations for large migration flows: one expert blamed expanded parole, NGO-funded wraparound services and asylum processing changes; another described legality and humanitarian considerations and warned against sweeping deportations.
Laura Reese of the Heritage Foundation told the panel that policies implemented during the previous administration — including expanded use of parole, broad asylum intake and increased work authorization — encouraged mass unauthorized migration and overwhelmed government systems.
Reese said the prior administration “encouraged millions to come and apply for asylum,” and that parole was used “based mostly on nationality and in violation of the immigration…
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