Federal Judge Rules in Favor of Humanitarian Paroles for Immigrants from Various Countries
A federal judge in Texas backed a key part of President Joe Biden’s immigration policy on Friday, allowing the entry of a limited number of immigrants from four nations into the United States for humanitarian reasons, rejecting a challenge brought by Republican-led states arguing that the program imposed an economic burden on them.
Judge Drew B. Tipton, from Victoria, Texas, ruled in favor of the conditional humanitarian parole program, which allows the United States to admit up to 30,000 asylum seekers per month from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela collectively.
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The elimination of this program would impact a broader policy aiming to encourage immigrants to use preferred channels for entry into the United States established by the Biden administration, or face severe consequences. Texas and other 20 states that filed the lawsuit argued that the program forced them to allocate millions in healthcare, education, and public safety services for immigrants.
An attorney representing the Texas Attorney General’s Office in the court litigation stated that the program “has established an alternative immigration system.”
Federal government advocates responded that immigrants admitted under this policy help alleviate labor shortages in the agricultural sector in the United States.
An appeal against the decision is likely. Tipton was appointed by former President Donald Trump and ruled against the Biden administration in 2022 regarding an order determining who should be prioritized for deportation.
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