A Texas judge ordered a pause on a Biden administration program that offers legal status to the spouses of U.S. citizens.
The ruling was in response to a lawsuit from 16 Republican state attorneys general led by Texas who argued that the policy encouraged illegal immigration. U.S. District Judge J. Campbell Barker found some merit to their case.
“The claims are substantial and warrant closer consideration than the court has been able to afford to date,” Barker wrote.
The policy in question offers some of the illegal spouses of U.S. citizens a path to citizenship and the ability to stay in the United States while the process works itself out. The program benefited an estimated 500,000 people.
President Joe Biden announced the program in June,
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