Is travel from India to the US on an Advance Parole document allowed during the COVID-19 pandemic?

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Proclamation 10199, the entry ban of people who have been in India in the past 14 days, only applies to nonimmigrants.

Section 1. Suspension and Limitation on Entry. The entry into the United States, as nonimmigrants, of noncitizens who were physically present within the Republic of India during the 14-day period preceding their entry or attempted entry into the United States is hereby suspended and limited subject to section 2 of this proclamation.

So one interpretation is that entry on Advance Parole is not affected because you are not entering as a nonimmigrant (i.e. not entering into nonimmigrant status).

However, this creates an asymmetry between India and the other countries with geographic entry bans to the US. Those bans ban entry "as immigrants or nonimmigrants". Although there is a national interest exception for people with immigrant or fiance visas, that exception arguably doesn't apply to entry on Advance Parole because it's not an immigrant visa. (A later web page says there is a national interest exception that covers "immigrants"; I am not sure if this is intended to be more broad than the previous description or is just a simplified description.)

I am not sure whether there really is an asymmetry between India and the other countries with geographic bans, or whether my interpretation is wrong.

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