A federal court in Texas has rejected President Joe Biden’s plan to quickly obtain citizenship for illegal aliens.
Biden in June presentation It is a path to citizenship for hundreds of thousands of foreign nationals who have lived in the U.S. illegally for more than 10 years and married U.S. citizens. The plan also expanded protections for beneficiaries of the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, which federal judges have twice ruled illegal. The most recent ruling came in a multi-state lawsuit led by Texas seeking to end DACA entirely. reported.
To implement his plan, the Department of Homeland Security proposed a “Keeping Families Together” program. The bill directed federal agents to “process certain non-citizen spouses and stepchildren of United States citizens residing in the United States without admission or parole.” This means they are in the U.S. illegally and are on “parole status.”
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Soon after, Texas and a coalition of 16 states declared that granting PIP status to non-citizens residing illegally is illegal, defies the Constitution, violates the Administrative Procedure Act, and violates existing federal law, The Center Square. A lawsuit was filed claiming that reported.
Federal law prohibits illegal immigrants from receiving most immigration benefits, including permanent residency, without first leaving the country and then legally re-entering the country and obtaining permission to reside there.
The coalition said that instead of following current federal law, the program “allows the more than 1.3 million aliens in the U.S. illegally to bypass established procedures, effectively giving them a new path to permanent residency and eventual citizenship.” “he added. Congress has asked you to apply for permanent residency. “This is an opportunity not legally available to people living in the United States illegally.”
Federal law states that PIP status must be used only for “urgent humanitarian reasons or vital public interest” and is not issued en masse.
The complaint also lists the estimated number of aliens residing illegally in each plaintiff state who are married to U.S. citizens and may be eligible for the PIP program. Texas has the most, at about 204,000. Florida has 93,000, followed by Georgia with 34,000.
DHS said the process began Aug. 19 and that “family unity is a fundamental goal of the U.S. immigration system.”
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But just days after the lawsuit was filed, Judge J. Campbell Barker of the U.S. District Court’s Eastern District of Texas, Tyler Division, temporarily suspended the program and planned to move cases forward quickly. reported. Judge Barker said the state’s claims that DHS may have violated federal law were “substantial” and issued an administrative suspension.
he issued Page 74 Judgment On Thursday, it disputed the ruling and argued that DHS lacks legal authority to implement such a program.
He also one page ruling “Implement Keeping Families Together” and repeal the PIP program.
In it, he declared that DHS lacks statutory authority under federal immigration law to grant ‘appropriate’ parole to aliens (unlike other provisions modifying or supplementing that authority), a term used in the published final agency action. Used in the Federal Register.
For months, President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris have argued that the so-called amnesty plan, announced five months before the general election, was responsible for reducing illegal border crossings between ports of entry. The claim was confirmed to be false after fact checking. The Center Square reported.
Not only were illegal border crossings historically high last year, they continued even after he announced his plan in June. Nearly 3 million illegal border crossings were reported in fiscal year 2024, and nearly 14 million across the Biden-Harris administration. This is the highest number in U.S. history. The Center Square reported.
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Of the 12 countries of particular concern under Biden, only four – China, Cuba, Nicaragua and Russia – have recorded at least 1.6 million illegal border crossings. These countries are known for “systematic, persistent, and serious violations of religious freedom,” including “torture, prolonged detention without charge, enforced disappearances, or other explicit denials of life, liberty, or personal security.” The Center Square exclusively reported.
More than 3 million illegal border crossers are reported to have entered the United States illegally through Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, Venezuela, and another DHS parole program, The Center Square. reported.
The largest number of known and suspected terrorists have also been arrested while attempting to enter the United States illegally under Biden. Center Square exclusively reported.
This ruling blocks the implementation of the amnesty plan. DHS is unlikely to appeal because the administration has less than two months left in office.
Syndicated with permission from The Center Square.
