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GOP Senate hopeful rakes in $2.2 million to take on Dem incumbent in swing-state Nevada

GOP Senate hopeful rakes in .2 million to take on Dem incumbent in swing-state Nevada

FIRST ON FOX: A Republican Senate candidate in battleground state Nevada, Sam Brown, pulled in $2.2 million in the first quarter of 2024 for his challenge to incumbent Sen. Jacky Rosen, D-Nev. The former U.S. Army captain, who was injured in Afghanistan, raised the sum in the first three months of the election year, as he inches closer to clinching the Republican nomination for Senate and taking on Rosen in November. “It’s clear that Nevadans are tired of Jacky Rosen and liberal elites telling them how to raise their kids and saying that gas and grocery prices being so high isn’t really that bad,” Brown said in an exclusive statement to Fox News Digital. “I’m running to end Joe Biden and Jacky Rosen’s American Nightmare and restore the American Dream for all Nevadans.” JILL BIDEN SNAPS AT MENTION OF POLL WITH PRESIDENT TRAILING TRUMP IN SIX SWING STATES: ‘NO, HE’S NOT’ The $2.2 million total garnered between January and March is more than Brown raised in both previous quarters. In the third quarter of 2023, he brought in $1.1 million, and in the fourth quarter he upped it to $1.85 million. Rosen’s campaign did not reveal her fundraising for the first quarter of the election year or provide comment to Fox News Digital. “Nevadans see through Jacky Rosen’s pandering to the reality of her record: she consistently votes for open borders and reckless DC spending bills that skyrocket the cost of groceries and gas prices,” said Brown spokesperson Kristy Wilkinson. “Nevadans are ready to replace her with Sam Brown’s strong common-sense leadership.” The stakes in Nevada were raised on Wednesday when non-partisan race analyst the Cook Political Report shifted the race’s 2024 rating from “Lean Democrat” to “Toss Up.” The Nevada Senate race joins only three others in the category: Arizona, Montana and Ohio. Brown’s first quarter total is more than 2022 Republican Senate candidate Adam Laxalt pulled in at the same point in the midterm election cycle. Laxalt saw $1.6 million during January through March 2022. He ultimately lost to Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nev. ARIZONA ABORTION RIGHTS GROUP SECURES SIGNATURES FOR 2024 BALLOT REFERENDUM While its unclear what Rosen’s fundraising looked like in the first months of 2024, she previously out-raised Brown in 2023. In the last quarter of the year, the incumbent senator brought in $3.2 million, which was on par with the $3.3 million Cortez Masto raised at the same point in 2021. While Brown has garnered national media attention, high profile endorsements and millions in fundraising, he still needs to clear the Republican Senate primary field. Other prominent challengers vying for the nomination are former Trump official Jeff Gunter, veteran Air Force pilot Tony Grady and former state Assemblyman Jim Marchant. TRUMP RAKES IN HEFTY MARCH FUNDRAISING HAUL AS CAMPAIGN AIMS TO CLOSE CASH GAP WITH BIDEN Gunter’s campaign did not provide fundraising numbers to Fox News Digital. “My message to the Sam Brown campaign: It doesn’t matter how much you raise, we will spend whatever it takes to get the job done. Whether it’s $3 million, $30 million or $300 million, I am more committed than ever to supporting President Trump and the America First movement. I will self fund if that’s what it takes,” said Gunter in a statement. He added that he plans to flood the airwaves over the next few months to bring voters his “America First, 110% pro-Trump message.” Gunter slammed Brown as “beholden to his donors and beholden to Trump hater Mitch McConnell, Nikki Haley and the failing political class.” Brown endorsed former President Trump in January, but Trump hasn’t yet weighed in on the contentious Nevada Senate primary. However, Brown was a top recruit of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, chaired by Sen. Steve Daines, R-Mont., who quickly endorsed him. He has also been endorsed by Republican conference Chairman John Barrasso, R-Wyo. Other members of the Republican Senate leadership team have attended fundraisers for the candidate. Grady did not release his fundraising to Fox News Digital, but hit Brown in a statement as “a wannabe career politician.” According to the Republican candidate, Brown is trying to “buy himself a seat in Washington with the help of his big-donor friends.” “I am the only candidate meeting with Nevada voters face-to-face and hearing the issues important to them. Instead of focusing on the Washington-elite, I will continue to listen to Nevada voters,” he added. Marchant did not provide comment to Fox News Digital. The Nevada Senate primary will take place on June 11. Get the latest updates from the 2024 campaign trail, exclusive interviews and more at our Fox News Digital election hub.

A new election law battle is brewing in Georgia, this time over voter challenges

ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia has been rocked by furious battles over election laws ever since Democrat Stacey Abrams’ narrow loss to Republican Brian Kemp in the 2018 governor’s race. The statewide brawl burst into the national consciousness in 2021, when Republicans — under pressure from GOP activists who pushed Donald Trump’s false claims that he lost the 2020 election because of widespread fraud — rammed through a sprawling law placing new restrictions on voters. GEORGIA SEC OF STATE SENDS LARRY DAVID LETTER LAMPOONING ‘CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM’S FOCUS ON STATE’S ELECTION LAW Now, with only months to go before a likely rematch between Trump and President Joe Biden, Georgia is tinkering with state election laws once again. Just last week, Republican lawmakers passed a new bill that would allow the removal of people from the voting rolls through challenges to voter eligibility. It awaits Kemp’s signature or veto. Supporters say such challenges prevent fraud by rooting out duplicate records and removing voters who have moved out of state. Opponents allege they misuse data and will put legitimate voters through a legal wringer. Here’s a closer look at the issue: WHAT’S A VOTER CHALLENGE? Georgia, along with other states, allows citizens to file challenges to an individual’s eligibility to vote, such as when they have personal knowledge of a neighbor moving out of state. Now, however, residents are increasingly challenging large numbers of voters through the use of impersonal data, including the National Change of Address list maintained by the U.S. Postal Service. Others comb through the rolls looking for people not registered at residential addresses. A Texas group called True the Vote challenged 364,000 Georgia voters prior to two U.S. Senate runoffs in 2021. Since then, individuals and groups have challenged about 100,000 more. WHAT MOTIVATES CHALLENGERS? Under federal law, Georgia can only remove someone from the rolls if they don’t respond to a mailing at their registered address and then don’t vote in two subsequent federal general elections. That process can take five years. Republican activists who support challenging large numbers of voters say that’s too long. “These are voters who moved some months or years before voting at their old address, went back and showed a driver’s license they knew they had not updated, claimed to still live there, and they were handed the ability to vote,” said Mark Davis, a Gwinnett County resident who said he’s been combing voter rolls for decades. He testified for Republicans at a Feb. 15 state Senate hearing that helped shape this year’s legislation. WHY DO SOME OPPOSE CHALLENGES? Opponents describe the mass-voter challengers as “vigilantes” who are upsetting the balance between updating voter rolls and ensuring everyone has the right to vote. “There are folks here who want to pretend we have a massive problem with our rolls and that if there is a name of a dead person on the rolls, that’s a real security risk,” Rep. Saira Draper, an Atlanta Democrat who opposed the bill, said last week. “But set aside the fearmongering and the logical leaps, and the facts reveal that actual voter fraud in Georgia is infinitesimally small.” Fair Fight Action, a group founded by Abrams that unsuccessfully sued over the True the Vote challenges, argues such challenges disproportionately target younger and poorer voters, including African Americans, because they move more often. Interim Fair Fight CEO Lauren Groh-Wargo said she believes Republicans are trying to win Georgia elections by pushing out Democratic-leaning voters. Opponents also note that the challengers happen to include party activists and Trump allies who backed Trump’s false claims. One of them is Brad Carver, head of the Georgia Republican Party’s Election Confidence Task Force and one of 16 Republicans who falsely claimed to be legitimate electors for Trump in Georgia. Also involved is Cleta Mitchell, a former Trump lawyer who took part in the January 2021 phone call during which Trump urged Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger to “find” enough votes to overturn Biden’s Georgia victory. “I cannot believe that we are still bending over to accommodate election deniers, conspiracy theorists and unindicted co-conspirators when it comes to election policy,” Draper said. WHAT WOULD THE NEW BILL DO? The bill defines probable causes for removing voters from the rolls, among them death, evidence of voting or registering in another jurisdiction, a tax exemption indicating a primary residence elsewhere, or a nonresidential address. Most controversially, the new bill says that the National Change of Address list can be considered, though not exclusively. Opponents say the list is unreliable. It’s not clear how the law will change things, though, as the state has never issued guidelines to counties on how to handle challenges. That means some may accept them based on the probable causes outlined in the bill, while others could reject mass challenges outright. WHAT DO OPPONENTS SEE AS THE PROBLEMS? Opponents of the new bill say it could hurt legitimate voters. For example, people sometimes live at a place of business, which would be considered a nonresidential address. Officials with Raffensperger’s office say there are more reliable types of information, such as driver’s license data, to confirm a voter’s eligibility. Gabriel Sterling, Raffensperger’s chief operating officer, testified in February that removing voters from the rolls too aggressively could lead to lawsuits under the National Voter Registration Act. “When you do loose data matching, you get a lot of false positives,” Sterling said. “When you get a lot of false positives … that’s when you get sued, and that’s when you have a lot of problems doing list maintenance.” The bill also says homeless people must use the county voter registration office as their address instead of where they live. Opponents say that could make it harder for homeless citizens to cast ballots because their registered polling place might be far away. COULD CHALLENGED VOTERS BE SCARED AWAY? Opponents say receiving a voter challenge letter in the mail is a scary experience, and voters may have to make time to appear at a

Wisconsin Supreme Court refuses to clarify district boundaries for potential recall election

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to offer clarity on what legislative district boundary lines should be in play for a potential recall election sought by supporters of former President Donald Trump targeting the Republican Assembly speaker. The effort to recall Speaker Robin Vos appears to have not gathered enough valid signatures to force an election. But the Wisconsin Elections Commission had asked the Supreme Court to clarify what maps should be used for any recall or special election that takes place before November, when new maps take effect. GOV. EVERS TURNS TO WISCONSIN SUPREME COURT IN CRUSADE AGAINST ABSENTEE DROP BOX RESTRICTIONS The court, in a unanimous order, noted that in December it had ruled that the legislative maps then in place were unconstitutional and barred their future use. In February, Democratic Gov. Tony Evers signed into law maps he proposed that the Republican-controlled Legislature passed. Those are the maps take effect in November. The court’s order leaves open the question of what maps are in effect for any election before November. “We decline to further clarify or amend the opinion and order,” the court said, referring to its December ruling. It is the Wisconsin Elections Commission, not the Supreme Court, that has the responsibility to administer elections, the court said. The next move will be up to the commission, which faces an April 11 deadline to determine whether the recall petition had sufficient signatures to trigger an election. Its decision can be appealed in court. Commission spokesperson Riley Vetterkind had no comment on the court’s order. The commission, based on its initial cursory review, determined there were not enough valid signatures collected from residents of the district Vos was elected to represent. But Vos’ district lines are changing under legislative maps that take effect in November. Vos is being targeted for recall because he refused to impeach the state’s top elections official or proceed with attempting to decertify President Joe Biden’s 2020 victory in Wisconsin. His actions angered Trump, who accused Vos of covering up election corruption, while Trump’s followers mounted an unsuccessful primary challenge in 2022 and are now trying to force a recall election. Vos, who challenged the validity of thousands of signatures and declared the effort failed no matter what district lines are used, has derided those targeting him as “whack jobs and morons.” Recall organizers, recognizing that their initial effort was likely short of the needed signatures, launched a second recall effort last week. Vos is the most powerful Republican in the GOP-led Legislature. He was first elected in 2004 and is the longest-serving Assembly speaker in state history, holding the post since 2013.

Trump throws support behind Republican businessman looking to flip Wisconsin Senate seat: ‘Go out and win’

Former President Trump on Tuesday endorsed businessman and entrepreneur Eric Hovde — the Republican candidate who Trump says is the most capable of unseating Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., in the state’s U.S. Senate election later this year. The comments from Trump, the GOP’s presumptive presidential nominee for 2024, came during a visit by the former president to Green Bay, Wisconsin, for a campaign rally. Describing Hovde as a “man who’s doing really good” and is “just about even in the polls,” Trump praised the GOP candidate during his trip to the Badger State. “He’s a handsome devil, I just met him backstage,” Trump told the crowd of Hovde. “A beautiful wife, a beautiful family.” WISCONSIN GOP SENATE CANDIDATE ERIC HOVDE RELEASES FIRST TELEVISED CAMPAIGN AD “I’ve met Eric and I’ve studied Eric because we have to get it right. [He’s] running against some very fine people, really, but I’ve looked it out, and they’re going to have other opportunities. Eric, I am giving you my complete and total endorsement, so go out and win,” Trump added. In a statement to Fox News Digital, Hovde, who will appear on the Wisconsin GOP primary election ballot on Aug. 13, noted that it’s going to take a total effort to defeat Baldwin in November. “Wisconsin is the biggest swing state in the country and Sen. Baldwin’s failed record as a rubber stamp for the disastrous Biden policies will be on the ballot this fall,” Hovde wrote. “It will take an all-hands on deck effort to win in November, and we are building a strong coalition to get the job done.” Hovde, who previously endorsed Trump for the presidency, formally launched his bid for U.S. Senate against Baldwin in February, saying that “America is slipping away” and “everything is going in the wrong direction.” This is Hovde’s second Senate campaign; he ran in 2012 but lost in the GOP primary to former Gov. Tommy Thompson. Baldwin went on to win the election that year and is now seeking a third term in the battleground state. WISCONSIN GOP SENATE CANDIDATE SAYS CHALLENGERS MUST BE ‘PRETTY WORRIED’ AFTER LATEST ‘SMEARING’ ATTEMPT Re-electing Baldwin to a third term is critical for Democrat hopes to maintain majority control of the Senate. Democrats are defending 23 seats in the Senate in November, including two held by independents who caucus with Democrats. That’s compared with 11 seats that Republicans hope to keep in their column. Baldwin’s campaign branded Hovde as “an out-of-touch megamillionaire” in a fundraising email sent minutes after his campaign website went live, and suggested that he would support the agenda of Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., if elected. “Hovde would vote to pass a national abortion ban, raise taxes on working families and seniors while cutting Social Security and Medicare, and repeal the Affordable Care Act,” Wisconsin Democratic Party spokesperson Arik Wolk said separately. Wisconsin’s primary election is slated for Aug. 13. Hovde is running against half a dozen other Republicans who are seeking the party’s nomination. The Associated Press contributed to this report.

Fox News Politics: Accountability for thee

Welcome to Fox News’ Politics newsletter with the latest political news from Washington D.C. and updates from the 2024 campaign trail. What’s happening? – Biden goes after Utah for keeping trans prisoner in male prison – Trump campaign receives hefty fundraising haul – Americans agree on more than you think President Biden’s condemnation of the Israeli airstrike that killed seven food aid workers in Gaza earlier this week isn’t sitting well with some critics, who called the president’s reaction “obvious hypocrisy.” “I am outraged and heartbroken by the deaths of seven humanitarian workers from World Central Kitchen, including one American, in Gaza yesterday,” Biden wrote in a statement. “They were providing food to hungry civilians in the middle of a war. They were brave and selfless. Their deaths are a tragedy.” Biden’s comments on the incident quickly drew the ire of some individuals who blasted the president’s remarks as hypocritical, since the U.S. conducted a drone strike in August 2021 that killed 10 civilians in Kabul, Afghanistan. The strike happened just days after the Biden administration’s botched withdrawal from Afghanistan led to the deaths of 13 U.S. service members when ISIS terrorists detonated a bomb at an entrance to the Kabul airport. “There’s obvious hypocrisy there and lack of self-reflection,” Richard Goldberg, a senior adviser at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, told Fox News Digital on Wednesday. “I think it reflects the president’s posture right now to be hypercritical of Israel whenever possible, as part of a sustained political warfare campaign against the Israeli government if there’s an opportunity to amplify that criticism in order to make his left wing happier.” WALKOUT: Doctor walked out of White House meeting with Biden over Israel-Hamas war …Read more DARK MONEY MACHINE: Biden, top Dems benefit from millions in secretive campaign cash …Read more CONTINUED SUPPORT: White House pressing Congress to approve F-15 sale to Israel despite criticism over airstrike accident …Read more DOJ SUES UTAH: Biden admin goes after Utah for keeping trans prisoner in male prison …Read more CALL FOR RECUSAL: Stefanik accuses judge in Trump hush money case of ‘clear judicial bias’ after gag order, cites family ties …Read more EXTREME LENGTHS: House GOP demands Secretary Austin root out ‘left-wing extremism’ in military …Read more ‘FIND A FEDERAL PRISON’: GOP plan to name major airport after Trump makes Dems erupt …Read more ‘GOING TO WIN BIG’: Trump campaign reveals hefty fundraising haul days before massive Mar-a-Lago event …Read more ‘NO, HE’S NOT’: Jill Biden snaps at network host over president’s dismal swing-state polling …Read more ‘TRUMP WAS RIGHT’: New ad rips Biden’s record on key issue tearing apart US cities …Read more ‘WINNER-TAKE-ALL’: Trump supports governor seeking to make changes to state elections …Read more PAY FOR SLAYING: Federal judge hits Iran, Syria with $191M judgment for Hamas-supported slaying of American Israeli activist …Read more COMMON TRAITS: Americans agree on most core values, think our democracy functions poorly, poll finds …Read more TIME TO STEP DOWN?: Justice Sotomayor called on to retire by former MSNBC host …Read more LAW AND ORDER: SF residents call on city to stop crime after prostitute beats homeless person on street …Read more REPUBLICANS POUNCE: Detroit columnist: GOP ‘banking’ on migrant crime issue in 2024 …Read more ‘EVERY SINGLE QUESTION’: Sage Steele says ‘every word’ of her Biden interview was ‘scripted’ by ESPN execs …Read more Subscribe now to get Fox News Politics newsletter in your inbox. Get the latest updates from the 2024 campaign trail, exclusive interviews and more on FoxNews.com.

Progressive activists take victory lap after tens of thousands of Democrats cast protest votes against Biden

President Biden’s campaign received a significant amount of “protest votes” in Tuesday night’s primaries, adding to the narrative that the campaign is having a difficult time uniting a fractured party base. In the Wisconsin Democratic primary, 8.4% of voters selected the “uninstructed” option rather than vote for President Biden, which amounted to almost 48,000 votes. Additionally, 17,553 votes, 3.1%, were cast for Democratic Rep. Dean Phillips who is no longer in the race. In Connecticut, the vote total for “uncommitted” was 11.5%, just under 8,000 votes. In Rhode Island, 14.9% of voters were “uncommitted” which totaled just under 4,000 votes. The uncommitted results came after activists across several states have pushed voters to refrain from voting for Biden in protest over various issues, including the White House’s handling of the war between Israel and Hamas. BIDEN GIVES FIERY RESPONSE WHEN ASKED ABOUT ‘WIDELY SHARED’ BELIEF THAT HE’S OVERSEEING A ‘GENOCIDE’ IN GAZA Some of those activists in Wisconsin took a victory lap Wednesday after votes rolled in. “In Wisconsin alone, nearly 48,000 voters cast an unrestricted ballot in the Democratic presidential primary, far surpassing campaign goals and significantly exceeding President Biden’s margin of victory over Trump in the 2020 general election,” the progressive activist group, Our Revolution, said in a press release. BIDEN CONCEDES TO PRO-PALESTINIAN PROTESTERS AFTER MULTIPLE INTERRUPTIONS: ‘THEY HAVE A POINT’ “Similarly, in Rhode Island and Connecticut, 15% and 12% of Democratic primary voters marked their ballots as ‘uncommitted,’ further amplifying the call for a bold redirection in policy.” Biden won Wisconsin in 2020 over Trump by just over 20,000 votes. Voters choosing to remain uncommitted rather than vote for Biden has become a theme during this primary season, including on Super Tuesday, when tens of thousands of voters in about half a dozen states declined to support him. “This president must decide if loyalty to Netanyahu is worth delivering Trump the election in November,” progressive activist Nina Turner posted on X in response to Tuesday’s results. “He must decide.” The Biden campaign did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Fox News Digital. On the Republican side, a noticeable number of voters also opted against voting for Trump. In Wisconsin, former Ambassador Nikki Haley received 12.8% of the vote. Just over 76,000 voters voted for her even though she is no longer in the race. Former Gov. Ron DeSantis earned 3.4% of the vote, and “uninstructed” received 2.1%. “What they’re reading in Wisconsin,” Biden campaign Rapid Response Director Ammar Moussa posted on X after Trump’s performance. “Donald Trump, minus 120,000 Wisconsin GOP votes, becomes Tuesday’s biggest loser. Just over 6,000 Connecticut voters, about 14%, voted for Haley in that GOP primary. In Rhode Island, Haley received 10% of the vote, which was about 1,300 voters.

‘Illegal program’: Governor vows to fight Biden flying migrants into US

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is vowing to fight back against what he says is the Biden administration’s unlawful use of parole authority to allow illegal migrants to fly into the U.S. in the tens of thousands each month as a new report finds Miami is a top destination for migrants on those flights. “It’s an illegal program. They’re bringing people in who don’t have a right to be in this country from foreign countries,” DeSantis said on Wednesday. His administration highlighted a study by the Center for Immigration Studies, which, using Customs and Border Protection (CBP) data, reported that migrants admitted to the U.S. via the parole program for Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans and Venezuelans (CHNV) were overwhelmingly flying to Miami. The study found that more than 326,000 migrants have arrived so far via Miami. CLICK HERE FOR MORE IMMIGRATION COVERAGE “This is but one of the many examples of how Biden’s egregious and unlawful immigration policies are disproportionately taxing the resources of certain states,” Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody said in a statement on Tuesday. “As with Biden’s other unlawful policies, we will continue to fight the CHNV program in court.” The policy was first announced for Venezuelans in October 2022, which allowed a limited number to fly or travel directly into the U.S. as long as they had not entered illegally, had a sponsor in the U.S. already, and passed certain biometric and biographical vetting. The program does not itself facilitate flights, and migrants are responsible for their own travel. In January 2023, the administration announced that the program was expanding to include Haitians, Nicaraguans and Cubans and that the program would allow up to 30,000 people per month into the U.S. It allows for migrants to receive work permits and a two-year authorization to live in the U.S. and was announced alongside an expansion of Title 42 expulsions to include those nationalities. By the end of February 2024, more than 386,000 nationals have arrived under the parole program, DHS said. MAYORKAS CALLS POLICY TO LET 30K MIGRANTS FLY IN EACH MONTH A ‘KEY ELEMENT’ OF BORDER AFTER LEGAL WIN It has formed part of the administration’s strategy to expand “lawful pathways” for migration amid its broader efforts to slow illegal crossings at the southern border amid a record surge. The program’s announcement was met by a lawsuit by 20 states, which argued that it is in excess of the limited power for use of parole, which is allowed by Congress only on a “case-by-case basis for urgent humanitarian reasons or significant public benefit.” The states argued that it “amounts to the creation of a new visa program that allows hundreds of thousands of aliens to enter the United States who otherwise have no basis for doing so.” “The federal government is encouraging illegal immigration and even aiding these individuals to enter the country,” DeSantis communications director Bryan Griffin said. “They’ve cloaked these secretive flights as a lawful parole program.” That lawsuit was recently struck down by a U.S. district judge, but the states have appealed. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas defended the program, saying the processes are a “safe and orderly way to reach the United States” and have led to a reduction in numbers of those nationalities. “It is a key element of our efforts to address the unprecedented level of migration throughout our hemisphere, and other countries around the world see it as a model to tackle the challenge of increased irregular migration that they too are experiencing,” Mayorkas said. HAITIAN MIGRANT CHARGED WITH RAPE OF 15-YEAR-OLD GIRL ENTERED VIA CONTROVERSIAL PAROLE PROGRAM: SOURCES “More than 14 months ago, on January 5, 2023, DHS announced processes providing certain Cubans, Haitians, and Nicaraguans who have a supporter in the United States, undergo and clear robust security vetting, and meet other eligibility criteria, to come to the United States in a safe, orderly, and lawful way,” a DHS spokesperson told Fox News Digital in a statement on Wednesday. “These processes were built on the success of the process for Venezuelans. These processes are publicly available online, and DHS has been providing regular updates on their use to the public. These processes are part of the Administration’s strategy to combine expanded lawful pathways with stronger consequences to reduce irregular migration, and have kept hundreds of thousands of people from migrating irregularly.” “The CHNV parole processes are public; claims of a secret program are false,” they said. The program faced additional scrutiny last month when it emerged that a Haitian migrant now charged with the rape of a 15-year-old girl in Massachusetts had been flown in via the CHNV program. “That is something that would have been prevented if they’d just followed the law,” DeSantis said. While the program has been public, announced in a press conference in January 2023 and with monthly data published each month, DeSantis and others have described the program as secret because states are not made aware of who is arriving. “It is secret because they’re not telling anybody, they don’t tell us anytime someone comes in,” he said Wednesday. The case forms one of a number of legal battles over parole. It has so far shut down two parole policies at the U.S. southern border. Those policies, called “Parole + Alternatives to Detention” and “Parole with conditions,” were in place at the southern border to allow migrants to be released into the U.S., and both are on hold pending further litigation in the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals. Separately, Florida has joined another lawsuit challenging parole releases using the CBP One app at the southern border. The app is used as part of the CHNV program and also to parole up to 1,450 migrants a day at ports of entry. “We’ve been after them on this parole for a long time, we’ve actually won in court, and it’s our hope we’re going to be able to get that shut down,” DeSantis said.

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