A federal judge in Texas has struck down President Joe Biden’s plan to quickly obtain citizenship for a wide range of illegal aliens.
In June, Biden announced It’s a path to citizenship for hundreds of thousands of foreigners who have been in the country illegally for more than a decade and married Americans. The plan also expanded protections for recipients of the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, which federal judges have twice ruled illegal. The most recent ruling was in a multi-state lawsuit led by Texas to repeal DACA once and for all, Center Square reported.
To carry out his plan, the Department of Homeland Security proposed the “Keep Families Together” program. The bill directs federal officials to “process spouses and stepchildren of certain noncitizens who are in the United States without admission or parole,” meaning they are in the country illegally. The status is “Apply”.
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Shortly thereafter, Texas and a coalition of 16 states declared that granting PIP status to noncitizens in the country illegally is illegal, ignores the Constitution, violates the Administrative Procedure Act, and violates current federal law. filed a lawsuit alleging that. reported.
“Federal law prohibits illegal aliens from obtaining most immigration benefits, including permanent residency, unless they leave the country and are legally allowed to re-enter and reside,” the coalition said. said.
Instead of following current federal law, the program “effectively provides a new path to green cards and eventual citizenship,” because “the 1.3 million people living in the United States illegally… “Allows foreign nationals to circumvent established procedures,” the coalition added. Congress allows them to apply for permanent residence, an opportunity that is not legally available to undocumented immigrants. ”
According to federal law cited in the brief, PIP status is to be used only for “urgent humanitarian reasons or important public interest” and cannot be issued en masse. .
The complaint also lists the estimated number of aliens living in each of the plaintiff states illegally, married to Americans, and who may be eligible for the PIP program. Texas has the largest number of cases, with an estimated 204,000 people. Florida has 93,000 people and Georgia has 34,000 people.
DHS said the process began on August 19 and that “family unity is a fundamental goal of the U.S. immigration system.”
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However, within days of filing the lawsuit, Judge J. Campbell Barker, presiding judge of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, Tyler District, temporarily halted the program and scheduled an expedited proceeding at Center Square. . reported. Judge Barker issued the administrative stay, saying the states’ claims that DHS may be violating federal law are “substantive.”
he, 74 page judgment On Thursday, the court refuted the claims made by DHS, ruling that DHS lacked the legal authority to implement such a program.
he also 1 page judgment “Enforcement to Keep Families Together” and discontinuing the PIP program.
In it, he argued that under federal immigration law, DHS has no right to grant parole to aliens “on the spot” (as opposed to other provisions that modify or supplement that authority). declared that it does not exist. This term is the term used in the final public representative action. ” was published in the Federal Register.
President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris have argued for months that the so-called amnesty plan, announced five months before the general election, had helped reduce illegal border crossings between ports of entry. This claim was fact-checked and found to be false, The Center Square reported.
Illegal border crossings have not only been at a historic high over the past year, but also continued after he announced his plan in June. In fiscal 2024, nearly 3 million people will be reported crossing the border illegally, bringing the total to approximately 14 million people under the Biden-Harris administration, the highest number in U.S. history, Center Square said. reported.
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At least 1.6 million illegal border crossers from just four of the 12 countries of particular concern under the Biden administration – China, Cuba, Nicaragua and Russia – hit a record high. These countries are accused of “systematic and continuing gross violations of religious freedom,” including “torture, prolonged detention without charge, enforced disappearance, or other serious denial of life, liberty, or safety of persons.” It is known, reported Center Square exclusively. reported.
More than 3 million illegal border crossers are reported to have entered the United States illegally from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela, as well as solely through another DHS parole program, Center Square. reported.
The largest number of known or suspected terrorists also arrested for attempting to enter the United States illegally under the Biden administration was arrested only in Center Square. reported.
This ruling prevents the implementation of the amnesty plan. With less than two months left in the administration’s term, DHS is unlikely to appeal.
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