A Federal judge has blocked President Joe Biden’s bid to grant legal status to the immigrant spouses of US citizens after a lawsuit from 16 Republican-led states.
U.S. District Judge, J. Campbell Barker has put a temporary hold on the ‘parole in place’ program which was announced in June.
The program allows for humanitarian parole and a path to permanent residency for certain illegal immigrant spouses without having to leave the country
The program was expected to benefit 500,000 immigrants in the country, plus about 50,000 of their children.
But 16 states, led by Texas and America First Legal, argued in a filing reported by Fox News Digital that the rule violates federal law, which prohibits illegal immigrants from obtaining benefits such as permanent status without leaving the country first and being readmitted.
They claim Biden’s move was an abuse of executive authority that sought to rewrite U.S. immigration laws and that the administration bypassed Congress for ‘blatant political purposes.’
Judge Barker issued a 14-day administrative pause on approving applications to the program with a possible extension and scheduled additional hearings in the coming weeks.
In a statement, Judge Barker said: ‘The claims are substantial and warrant closer consideration than the court has been able to afford to date.
‘As with most administrative stays, the court has simply undertaken a screening, ‘first-blush’ review of the claims and what is at stake in the dispute.’
Republican Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton cheered the order, saying: ‘Biden’s unconstitutional scheme would have rewarded over 1 million illegal aliens with the opportunity for citizenship after breaking our country’s laws and incentivized countless more.
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