A federal judge on Thursday struck down a Biden administration program that would have granted legal status to hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants.
U.S. District Judge John Campbell Barker ruled that President Joe Biden’s “parole in place” program was illegal after it was challenged by a coalition of Republican attorneys general. The program was rolled out in June and created a pathway for legal status for illegal immigrants married to American citizens and illegal immigrant stepchildren of American citizens.
Barker ruled that DHS lacked “statutory authority under” the law to grant parole to illegal immigrants. The judge, who was appointed by Donald Trump, blocked the program from taking effect in August.
DHS estimated that the program would have applied to around 550,000 illegal immigrants, while its opponents argued the actual number was much higher.
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