Cory Alvarez, a 27-year-old Haitian migrant who entered the U.S. under a Biden-era parole program, has been sentenced to more than 10 years in prison for raping a 15-year-old disabled girl. The assault occurred at a migrant housing facility in Rockland, Massachusetts. Alvarez was convicted last month following a series of arrests and releases.
Cory Alvarez entered the United States on June 26, 2023, through the Biden administration's CHNV parole program, which allowed up to 30,000 migrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela to fly in and receive two-year work authorization, according to Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
On March 13, 2024, Alvarez raped a 15-year-old disabled girl at the Comfort Inn on Hingham Street in Rockland, a site temporarily used to house migrants under a government program. The victim reported that Alvarez lured her to his room by offering to install apps on her tablet, then sexually assaulted her despite her pleas to stop, according to court documents cited by NBC10 Boston. She cried out, "leave her alone, but he didn’t stop."
Rockland Police arrested Alvarez the next day, March 14, 2024. ICE issued a detainer that same day, requesting custody if released. However, on June 27, 2024, Plymouth County Superior Court in Brockton released him on a $500 bond, disregarding the detainer. ICE rearrested him on August 13, 2024, near his Brockton home and transferred him back to local authorities for prosecution.
Alvarez was found guilty last month in state court, facing a mandatory minimum of 10 years in prison, though prosecutors sought 15 to 18 years, per Boston 10 reports.
The CHNV program, which admitted over 500,000 migrants, faced criticism for fraud, including recycled social security numbers, addresses, and phone numbers, with 100,948 forms submitted by just 3,218 sponsors, some using contacts of deceased individuals or nonexistent locations, according to Fox News. The Biden administration paused it temporarily due to these issues. Upon returning to the White House, President Donald Trump ended the program, as stated by the Department of Homeland Security.
Assistant Homeland Security Secretary Tricia McLaughlin remarked, “The Biden Administration lied to America. They allowed more than half a million poorly vetted aliens... to enter the United States through these disastrous parole programs... and then blamed Republicans in Congress for the chaos that ensued and the crime that followed.” She added, “Ending the CHNV parole programs... will be a necessary return to common-sense policies, a return to public safety, and a return to America First.”