President Donald Trump’s Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has officially ended former President Joe Biden’s controversial migrant parole program—cutting releases into the U.S. interior by 100 percent. According to DHS data, not a single migrant was paroled into the country in June 2025.
This marks a dramatic shift from June 2023, when nearly 30,000 migrants were allowed into the U.S. through the Biden-era policy.
The now-defunct parole program had allowed migrants to enter the U.S. via southern border ports of entry or even direct flights into the country, bypassing standard immigration processes. Over the last four years, this approach fueled a massive influx of migrants.
Steven Camarota, Director of Research at the Center for Immigration Studies, testified before Congress this week, estimating that nearly 3 million migrants were brought into the U.S. through parole under the Biden administration.
“It’s natural to sympathize with those fleeing hardship,” Camarota told lawmakers, “but we must also recognize that many are acting rationally—responding to incentives we’ve created.”
He emphasized that by offering parole on such a broad scale, including flying inadmissible migrants into the U.S., the Biden administration had unintentionally encouraged more people to come—leading to what many critics now call a full-blown border crisis.
Trump’s decision to end the policy aligns with his broader immigration crackdown, which seeks to dramatically reduce unauthorized entries and tighten control at the southern border.
