Judge Pauses Biden Program Offering Legal Status To Citizens' Spouses
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President Joe Biden announced the program in June.
McALLEN, Texas (AP) — A federal judge in Texas on Monday ordered a temporary pause on the Biden administration’s new protections that would allow immigrant spouses of U.S. citizens a path to citizenship.
The administrative stay issued by U.S. District Judge J. Campbell Barker comes after 16 states, led by Republican attorneys general, challenged the program Friday in a lawsuit that claimed the policy would encourage illegal immigration.
President Joe Biden announced the program in June. The pause comes one week after DHS began accepting applications.
The order puts the program on hold for at least two weeks while the challenge continues.
“The claims are substantial and warrant closer consideration than the court has been able to afford to date,” Campbell wrote.
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