Sixteen Republican state attorneys general filed a lawsuit against the Biden administration in district court Friday, seeking to halt the implementation of a policy that expands amnesty for illegal aliens residing in the United States. The motion states that the Democrats “[have] yet again attempted to create [their] own immigration system,” instead of following the Constitution. The policy, which in part grants citizenship to spouses of Americans, started rolling out this week.
via the NYT:
Texas and 15 other Republican-led states sued the Biden administration on Friday seeking to halt a new program that could give legal status to hundreds of thousands of undocumented immigrants who are married to U.S. citizens.
Filed just days after the program opened for applications, the lawsuit is the latest in a string of legal actions Texas has led challenging federal immigration policies and…