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    Haitian migrant double homicide suspect used Biden CBP One app to legally enter US: report

    By Jennie Taer,

    30 days ago

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    A Haitian migrant who allegedly killed two of his roommates in New York used the Biden administration’s signature CBP One program to legally enter the country, according to Fox News .

    Kenol Baptiste is accused of second-degree murder, first-degree manslaughter and fourth-degree criminal possession of a weapon in Middletown, New York.

    The Haitian national entered the US on July 25 of last year after making an appointment through the CBP One app which allows migrants to pre-arrange travel to the US and be pre-screened, then enter the country, collect paperwork and stay and work for up to two years.

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    The two victims, one of whom died at the scene and the other in a subsequent surgery, had multiple stab wounds. The identities of the victims have not been made public.

    Police were able to locate Baptiste in the nearby woods and he is currently being held at the Orange County Jail. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has asked local authorities to take Baptiste into federal custody once he has answered state charges.

    Orange County Executive Steven Neuhaus told Fox News the two victims were also Haitian, adding that seven people were living in the single apartment.

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    “He came in over the border, but they did give him working papers, and he was scheduled to get an asylum hearing by a federal judge,” Neuhaus told Fox News.

    The charges against Baptiste bring into question how effectively migrants are being screened upon arrival and how reliable the information they submit to the governement before being allowed into the US is.

    Republicans from the House Homeland Security Committee got data from Homeland Security last year which found that over 95% of all CBP One applicants are granted entry to the US .

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    The double killing occurred in Middletown, NY. News 12
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    Baptiste had entered the US via the CBP One Phone application. AFP via Getty Images

    The Biden administration expanded the use of the CBP One app in January to allow 547,000 migrants into the country per year, 1450 people per day.

    The app also allows migrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela to facilitate their travel via commercial flights to the US in a separate parole program, which has allowed roughly 404,000 entries through March.

    Migrants taking the flights must have sponsors in the US, where they are permitted to stay for a period of up to two years.

    One migrant known to have taken a parole flight using CBP One is Haitian national Cory Alvarez , 26, who has since been arrested in Rockland, Massachusetts, and accused of raping a disabled 15-year-old girl.

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