Under current U.S. immigration law, spouses, children, and parents of those serving on active duty in the U.S. Armed Forces, in the Selected Reserve of the Ready Reserve, who previously served in the U.S. Armed Forces, or Selected Reserve of the Ready Reserve, may apply for parole in place. Although it is most frequently used to permit an alien who is outside the United States to come into U.S. territory, parole may also be granted to aliens who are already physically present in the U.S. without inspection or admission. This means that if undocumented spouses, children, or parents of a qualifying military member entered the U.S. without inspection or failed to arrive at a designated port of entry, then they may receive “parole.”