The Biden-Harris administration’s efforts to extend amnesty to a half-million illegal immigrants has hit a roadblock, as a Trump-appointed federal judge ordered the program temporarily halted.
In June, the Biden-Harris administration announced an executive action that would grant an estimated 500,000 illegal immigrants married to U.S. citizens and who have lived in America for 10 years to remain in the United States and receive a green card, making them eligible to compete against U.S. workers for employment.
The status, known as “Parole in Place,” would have waived the legal requirement for illegal immigrants to return to their home country while applying for citizenship legally. Aside from spouses of U.S. citizens, the action applied to approximately 50,000 stepchildren under the age of 21.
But 16 state attorneys general, led by Texas AG Ken Paxton, a…
