Ten weeks before the US presidential election, a federal judge in Texas temporarily blocked on Monday (26) a program promoted by Joe Biden’s government that benefits spouses and stepchildren of US citizens without regularized immigration documentation, after 16 Republican-led states filed a lawsuit against the measure.
US District Judge J. Campbell Barker has suspended the implementation of the Keeping Families Together initiative, which was born out of an executive action by Biden and went into effect on August 19.
In practice, the measure allows spouses and stepchildren, without regularized legal immigration status, of US citizens to apply for a temporary residence permit and then apply for permanent residence without leaving the US, as normally happens.
According to government estimates, the measure will provide legal status and protection to approximately 500,000 American families and about 50,000 children, under 21 and without citizenship, of immigrants who are married to a U.S. citizen.
In Monday’s ruling, the judge blocked the measure for 14 days and gave the parties time to present arguments before a hearing to review the court order.
The lawsuit filed by the 16 states, led by Texas, argues that state governments spend “significant amounts of money” providing services such as health care, education and security to this group of people.
This content was originally published in Texas judge temporarily suspends Biden administration’s pro-immigrant measure on the CNN Brasil website.
Source: CNN Brasil
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