CHAIRMAN GREEN DEMANDS INFORMATION FROM DHS ON CHNV PAROLE PROGRAM
Letter
Dear Secretary Mayorkas:
To assist the Committee on Homeland Security (Committee) with its oversight of the
Department of Homeland Security's (Department) Cuban, Haitian, Nicaraguan, and Venezuelan
(CHNV) parole program, enclosed is a subpoena requiring the production of all outstanding
documents and information initially requested in an April 27, 2023 letter from Subcommittee
Chairman Dan Bishop, Subcommittee Chairman Clay Higgins, and me,1 and as reiterated in my
August 3, 2023 letter.2
As outlined in my August 3 letter, over the course of several months, the Committee
made numerous attempts to accommodate the Department's production of the documents and
information at issue. The requests from the April 27 letter, however, remain unsatisfied and are
now 103 days delinquent with no definitive timeline for production. Most recently, when the
Committee offered another telephone meeting to secure a production schedule,3 the Department
ignored the Committee's offer and instead has continued to cast doubt on any definitive timeline
for future production.4 This demonstrated approach to indefinitely protract production
necessitates the enclosed subpoena.
The Committee requires the subpoenaed data, documents, and other information to fully
evaluate potential legislation to reform the Department's authority and operations. The
Department's functions relating to border and port security are directly within the purview of the
Committee's legislative and oversight authority.
1 Letter from Hon. Mark Green et al., Chairman, H. Comm. on Homeland Sec., to Hon. Alejandro Mayorkas, Sec'y, U.S. Dep't of Homeland Sec. (Apr. 27, 2023).
2 Letter from Hon. Mark Green, Chairman, H. Comm. on Homeland Sec., to Hon. Alejandro Mayorkas, Sec'y, U.S. Dep't of Homeland Sec. (Aug. 3, 2023).
3 E-mail from H. Comm. on Homeland Sec., Staff, to Dep't of Homeland Sec., Off. of Legis. Aff. (Aug. 17, 2023, 17:00 EDT) (on file with author).
4 E-mail from Dep't of Homeland Sec., Off. of Legis. Aff., to H. Comm. on Homeland Sec., Staff (Aug. 18, 2023, 12:50 EDT) (on file with author).
Secretary Mayorkas
August 22, 2023
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Per Rule X of the U.S House of Representatives, the Committee on Homeland Security is
the principal committee of jurisdiction for overall homeland security policy, and has special
oversight functions of "all Government activities relating to homeland security, including the
interaction of all departments and agencies with the Department of Homeland Security."
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