[Ingtar]

If the parents are already here legally, they already have a method to bring in their children.

[jazusamo]

It would seem so. State Dept is not telling all about this new program.

[Dagnabitt]

Look at the language State is using. The parents are described as "lawfully present". They're not described as U.S. citizens, or as Legal Permanent Residents (green card holders).

The weasel words "lawfully present" to me indicates that the parents are likely illegal aliens, but in some kind of deferred status, courtesy of one of the many Bush/Obama mini-amnesties for Central America.