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Judge Pauses Biden Administration Program That Aids Undocumented Spouses [1]

['Miriam Jordan', 'Hamed Aleaziz', 'Serge F. Kovaleski']

Date: 2024-08-26

A federal judge in Texas temporarily blocked on Monday a Biden administration program that could offer a path to citizenship for up to half a million undocumented immigrants who are married to U.S. citizens, ruling in favor of 16 Republican-led states that sued the administration.

Judge J. Campbell Barker of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas issued an administrative stay that stops the administration from approving applications, which it started accepting last week, while the court considers the merits of the case.

In suspending the initiative, Judge Barker said that the 67-page complaint filed on Friday by the coalition of states, led by Attorney General Ken Paxton of Texas, raised legitimate questions about the authority of the executive branch to bypass Congress and set immigration policy.

“The claims are substantial and warrant closer consideration than the court has been able to afford to date,” wrote Judge Barker, who was appointed by former President Donald J. Trump.

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[1] Url: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/26/us/undocumented-spouses-biden-administration.html

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