Federal judge temporarily suspends immigration program for spouses of US citizens

A federal judge in Texas on Monday temporarily suspended a policy by President Joe Biden's administration that would have given spouses of U.S. citizens legal status without first having to leave the country, introducing at least one setback temporary for one of the largest presidential actions to ease the path to US citizenship in many years. The ruling issued by federal judge J. Campbell Barker comes just days after 16 states, led by Republican attorneys general, challenged the program that could benefit about 500,000 immigrants in the country, plus about 50,000 of their children. One of the states leading the push against the law is Texas, which claimed in a lawsuit that it is forced to spend tens of millions of dollars a year on law enforcement health insurance because of undocumented immigrants living in the state. . Republican-controlled states contend the measure would cause irreparable harm and accused the administration of bypassing Congress for “overtly political purposes.” President Joe Biden announced the program in June. The court order, which will be in effect for two weeks but could be extended, comes a week after the Department of Homeland Security began accepting applications. On Tuesday, the Department of Homeland Security …

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