Revealed: The US cities receiving Biden's flights of migrants
![The vast majority of migrant flights President Joe Biden's White House is transporting directly from foreign countries to U.S. airports to bypass the southern border are landing in Florida. A new analysis from the Center for Immigration Studies (CIS) reveals that 326,000 migrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela arrived in Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis ' state since the program started in January 2023.](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/04/02/21/83146441-13264123-The_vast_majority_of_migrant_flights_President_Joe_Biden_s_White-a-176_1712090792515.jpg)
The vast majority of migrant flights President Joe Biden's White House is transporting directly from foreign countries to U.S. airports to bypass the southern border are landing in Florida. A new analysis from the Center for Immigration Studies (CIS) reveals that 326,000 migrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela arrived in Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis ' state since the program started in January 2023.
![Lawyers for Biden's immigration agencies refused to disclose through a FOIA request data on which airports were receiving the undocumented migrants, claiming it would compromise safety and create national security 'vulnerabilities.' While the latest analysis reveals the eight cities with the highest number of arrivals, Customs and Border Protection (CBP) revealed last month that the flights landed in at least 43 different American airports from January through December 2023.](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/04/02/16/83148353-0-Lawyers_for_Biden_s_immigration_agencies_refused_to_disclose_thr-a-105_1712071327709.jpg)
Lawyers for Biden's immigration agencies refused to disclose through a FOIA request data on which airports were receiving the undocumented migrants, claiming it would compromise safety and create national security 'vulnerabilities.' While the latest analysis reveals the eight cities with the highest number of arrivals, Customs and Border Protection (CBP) revealed last month that the flights landed in at least 43 different American airports from January through December 2023.
![Texas already bears a large brunt of the migration crisis with thousands of illegal immigrants entering through the southern border every day. But the Lone Star State is also receiving the second-highest number of migrants through Biden's flight program. Through February, 21,964 undocumented migrants were flown to Houston since January last year. Nearly 13,000 were flown to California through the airports in either Los Angeles or San Francisco.](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/04/02/16/83148821-0-Texas_already_bears_a_large_brunt_of_the_migration_crisis_with_t-a-106_1712071327710.jpg)
Texas already bears a large brunt of the migration crisis with thousands of illegal immigrants entering through the southern border every day. But the Lone Star State is also receiving the second-highest number of migrants through Biden's flight program. Through February, 21,964 undocumented migrants were flown to Houston since January last year. Nearly 13,000 were flown to California through the airports in either Los Angeles or San Francisco.
![The remainder of the almost 15,000 other migrants who gained entry into the U.S. through this program during the time period arrived at airports in Boston, Massachusetts; Atlanta, Georgia; Baltimore, Maryland; and Chicago, Illinois. The New York Field Office, which includes JFK and LaGuardia airports, logged 33,408 OFO encounters with inadmissible aliens from the chosen nationalities from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela, Todd Bensman's analysis notes.](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/04/02/16/83154033-0-The_remainder_of_the_almost_15_000_other_migrants_who_gained_ent-a-97_1712071327491.jpg)
The remainder of the almost 15,000 other migrants who gained entry into the U.S. through this program during the time period arrived at airports in Boston, Massachusetts; Atlanta, Georgia; Baltimore, Maryland; and Chicago, Illinois. The New York Field Office, which includes JFK and LaGuardia airports, logged 33,408 OFO encounters with inadmissible aliens from the chosen nationalities from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela, Todd Bensman's analysis notes.
![Biden's Department of Homeland Security insists its CHNV program is not secretive in nature. But the volume and location of migrants arriving was not previously disclosed and CIS had to submit a FOIA request to gain insight into the program and do its own analysis to reveal where the migrants were landing in the U.S.](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/04/02/16/83123395-0-Biden_s_Department_of_Homeland_Security_insists_its_CHNV_program-a-104_1712071327709.jpg)
Biden's Department of Homeland Security insists its CHNV program is not secretive in nature. But the volume and location of migrants arriving was not previously disclosed and CIS had to submit a FOIA request to gain insight into the program and do its own analysis to reveal where the migrants were landing in the U.S.
![CHNV allows 30,000 migrants to apply through the CBP One app for asylum. each month and be flown on taxpayer dollar to the U.S., as long as they have a sponsor who passes a background check. The undocumented migrants are given a two-year grace period to obtain status and in the meantime can live and work lawfully in the country on 'humanitarian parole.'](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/04/02/21/83146493-13264123-CHNV_allows_30_000_migrants_to_apply_through_the_CBP_One_app_for-a-177_1712090792517.jpg)
CHNV allows 30,000 migrants to apply through the CBP One app for asylum. each month and be flown on taxpayer dollar to the U.S., as long as they have a sponsor who passes a background check. The undocumented migrants are given a two-year grace period to obtain status and in the meantime can live and work lawfully in the country on 'humanitarian parole.'
![The CIS analysis filters Office of Field Operations (OFO) airport customs officer encounters with nationalities in the CHNV program through public information available on the Customs and Border Protection (CBP) website. While the data shows where the majority of these migrants are flown, it does not necessarily represent the individuals' final destinations.](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/04/02/16/83154099-0-The_CIS_analysis_filters_Office_of_Field_Operations_OFO_airport_-a-98_1712071327491.jpg)
The CIS analysis filters Office of Field Operations (OFO) airport customs officer encounters with nationalities in the CHNV program through public information available on the Customs and Border Protection (CBP) website. While the data shows where the majority of these migrants are flown, it does not necessarily represent the individuals' final destinations.
![The CNHV program was initially implemented to help take the pressure off of southern border crossings with Mexico where thousands of asylum seekers arrive daily to turn themselves into border agents. But Republicans and border hawks are not content with the bypass of the border as a way to create the optics that the crisis is quelled. They claim that the program instead allows hundreds of thousands of undocumented immigrants to be released into the U.S. each year ¿ and this time on taxpayer dime.](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/04/02/21/82751083-13264123-The_CNHV_program_was_initially_implemented_to_help_take_the_pres-a-178_1712090792596.jpg)
The CNHV program was initially implemented to help take the pressure off of southern border crossings with Mexico where thousands of asylum seekers arrive daily to turn themselves into border agents. But Republicans and border hawks are not content with the bypass of the border as a way to create the optics that the crisis is quelled. They claim that the program instead allows hundreds of thousands of undocumented immigrants to be released into the U.S. each year – and this time on taxpayer dime.
![Biden's plan to deflect the crisis from the southern border did not work and now migrants are entering the U.S. en masse both through border crossing and in the CNHV program. Last month, shocking images emerged when Texas State Troopers and National Guard clashed with hundreds of migrants who rushed a crossing point in El Paso, Texas. Read the full story:https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13263337/biden-send-migrant-flights-airports-florida-new-york-border.html?ito=msngallery](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/04/02/16/83049673-0-Biden_s_plan_to_deflect_the_crisis_from_the_southern_border_did_-a-99_1712071327492.jpg)
Biden's plan to deflect the crisis from the southern border did not work and now migrants are entering the U.S. en masse both through border crossing and in the CNHV program. Last month, shocking images emerged when Texas State Troopers and National Guard clashed with hundreds of migrants who rushed a crossing point in El Paso, Texas. Read the full story:https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13263337/biden-send-migrant-flights-airports-florida-new-york-border.html?ito=msngallery