Texas judge suspends Biden immigration reform policy

The claims are substantial and warrant closer consideration than the court has been able to afford to date,

This is just the first step. We are going to keep fighting for Texas, our country, and the rule of law,

said Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, whose state is party to the case, in a post on social media platform X after the order

Texas should not be able to decide the fate of hundreds of thousands of U.S. citizens and their immigrant spouses without confronting their reality,

Karen Tumlin, the founder and director of Justice Action Center, said during the press conference before the order was issued

Biden's unconstitutional scheme would have rewarded over 1 million illegal aliens with the opportunity for citizenship after breaking our country's laws—and incentivized countless more."

He added

The District Court's administrative stay order does not affect any applications that were approved before the administrative stay order was issued,

To halt a process for which Texas has not been able to provide an iota of evidence that it would harm the state is baffling,

said group founder Karen Tumlin

This is heartbreaking for our clients and the thousands of couples who hope to benefit from this process and be able to live without fear that their family will be separated,

Karen Tumlin, founder and director of Justice Action Center, said in a statement

This is a huge victory in our courtroom battle to block the Biden-Harris executive fiat giving over 1 million illegal aliens a path to U.S. citizenship

Stephen Miller, president of AFL, said

This lawsuit is seeking to force U.S. citizens and their families, people who have lived in the United States for more than ten years, to continue to live in the shadows. The lawsuit aims to separate American citizens from their spouses and stepchildren who are already eligible for lawful permanent residency and could remain together through this process,

spokesperson Angelo Fernández Hernández said

The court thus expects that good cause may exist to extend this administrative stay for additional periods through mid-October,

I’ve been waiting for over a decade for a program like this,

In addition, individuals must have no disqualifying criminal history or otherwise constitute a threat to national security or public safety and should otherwise merit a favorable exercise of discretion,

If we didn’t intervene, the judge would not have for his consideration the voices or the experiences of the people who are actually standing to benefit from Keeping Families Together parole,

It’s just absurd to me why Texas would bring a lawsuit that would literally tear my family apart,

Under Joe Biden and Kamala Harris, the federal government is actively working to turn the United States into a nation without borders and a country without laws,

Paxton said in a statement

An order like this is an extreme measure that — by law — should only be taken in the most urgent of situations,

said Karen Tumlin, founder and Director of Justice Action Center, which supports the Biden administration plan, said in a statement

The Department of Homeland Security is committed to Keeping Families Together. Keeping Families Together is grounded in well-established legal authority, and its purpose – enabling the families of U.S. Citizens to live without fear of separation – is consistent with fundamental American values. We will defend it in court. DHS is continuing to process already filed applications, and to accept and process new applications,

These families should not be needlessly separated. They should be able to stay together, and my Administration will not stop fighting for them,

Biden said in his statement

Since President Biden announced new, decisive executive actions to secure the border, encounters between ports of entry have dropped significantly - encounters in July 2024 were the lowest since September 2020 and lower than at this point in 2019,

We have temporarily BLOCKED Biden's unlawful new 'parole in place' program,

Meanwhile, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, a vocal critic of Biden's immigration policies, celebrated the court's decision on social media saying ... Paxton wrote on X, formerly Twitter

Most of the people who are applying, we’ve been paying taxes for years — on mortgages, on wages,

My wife and I were really depending on this so we could move on with our lives and plan our future,

I wish everyone could see that my wife and I are just like every other married couple you know. We want to be able to live knowing that the life we’re building won’t be taken away from us. The parole process would make that a reality,