Legal Battle Begins Over Biden's Immigration Policy Allowing Migrants from 4 Countries into the US
A Texas federal courtroom is currently debating a lawsuit filed by 21 Republican-leaning states, led by Texas, seeking to stop a key portion of President Joe Biden's immigration policy that allows a limited number of people from Central America and the Caribbean to enter the U.S. on humanitarian grounds. The program, known as the humanitarian parole program, permits up to 30,000 individuals each month from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela to enter the U.S. Texas argues that the Biden administration has exceeded its authority, while immigrant rights groups defend the program as a safe pathway for desperate migrants and a means to reduce the humanitarian crisis at the U.S.-Mexico border. The trial is expected to last two days, with a ruling to be issued at a later date.