How Biden’s Paroles of Migrants Could Prompt Illegal Voter Registration

The Biden administration’s expanded mass parole program for illegal immigrants could threaten lawful voter registration, election law and border experts contend.

Under President Joe Biden’s parole system—which targets illegal aliens from Venezuela, Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, Colombia, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras—up to 30,000 migrants per month who wouldn’t normally qualify for a visa may use a U.S. government app on their cellphones to gain parole and either cross the border or fly into the United States.

“That means they are eligible to work and eligible to get a Social Security number. It just massively increases the number of Social Security numbers for people who are not here legally,” Cleta Mitchell, chairwoman of the Election Integrity Network, told The Daily Signal.

“This administration has a duty to direct the Social Security Administration to be able to tell states that just because somebody gets a Social Security number doesn’t mean they are a citizen.”

The app used by illegal aliens is called CBP One, referring to U.S. Customs and Border Protection.

Paroled migrants are eligible for work permits in the United States, according to the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service, which, like CBP, is part of the Department of Homeland Security. Those seeking work will be eligible for Social Security numbers, according to the Social Security Administration.

Under a U.S. law called the Help America Vote Act, a Social Security number may be used by someone who registers to vote.

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