The Biden administration has admitted hundreds of thousands of immigrants who are not on visas or green cards, raising concerns among Republicans who view the programs as legally indefensible and a roundabout way to lower illegal immigration numbers.

Over the past year and a half, the Biden administration has rolled out a phone app to help migrants outside the United States seek ways to get admitted, as well as offices in South America and Central America for migrants to seek help without having to pay cartels thousands of dollars to smuggle them into the country.