H.R. 3725 — Preventing the Abuse of Immigration Parole Act

This section states congressional findings concerning parole authority under immigration law, including that (1) such parole is intended for case-by-case determinations based on urgent humanitarian needs or significant public benefit; (2) the Biden Administration paroled an estimated 2.8 million aliens into the United States, bypassing visa and refugee processes; (3) a federal court ruled that mass parole of inadmissible aliens constitutes the opposite of case-by-case decisionmaking; and (4) such abuse threatens national security.

This section revises the discretionary immigration parole authority of the Secretary of Homeland Security under INA §212(d)(5) (i.e., temporary admission of certain aliens not regarded as formal admission) by (1) requiring that such parole be granted only on a case-by-case basis for urgent humanitarian reasons or significant public benefit; (2) prohibiting parole of any national of a country of concern (as defined in 22 U.S.C. 2651a(m)) unless the Secretary of State issues a waiver for that alien; (3) capping the total number of aliens paroled annually at 3,000 beginning in FY2029; and (4) authorizing a state attorney general or other authorized state officer to sue the Secretary in federal district court for violations of the case-by-case or purpose limitations that harm the state or its residents (including financial harm exceeding $100), with expedited proceedings and injunctive relief available.