From October 2015 to September 2016 (FY 2016), for example, 270,000 migrants got work permits via the (c)( process and another 78,000 migrants got paroled and got work permits via the “Paroled pursuant to INA 212(d)(5)” category. In the next fiscal year of 2017 (FY 2017), the regular number spiked to 403,000 but the parole number dropped to 59,000 as Trump’s deputies curbed the parole number. In 2017 (FY 2018), the regular number dipped to 345,000 and the parole number lurched down to 18,000.
Those are the facts from your source article.