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Panel hears concerns about parole, TPS, OPT and visa‑program abuse; witnesses urge statutory fixes
Summary
Witnesses told the subcommittee that discretionary parole, repeated TPS redesignations, OPT and other benefit programs have liberalized access and created opportunities for fraud; they urged Congress to reform parole authority, tighten oversight of visa/benefit programs and require audits of fraud-prone streams.
Witnesses at the subcommittee hearing discussed a range of legal immigration programs and benefit streams that they said had ballooned and been subject to abuse: categorical parole programs (including the CHNV program for citizens of Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela), Temporary Protected Status (TPS), Optional Practical Training (OPT) and victim‑based visas such as U and T visas.
Grant Newman and Jessica Vaughn described the scope of what they called “parole abuse” and program…
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