After reviewing a motion filed by Florida and 19 other states, a federal judge in Texas decided not to temporarily stop the program. parole humanitarian aid implemented by the Biden administration last January for Cuban, Haitian, Venezuelan and Nicaraguan citizens.
On February 14, twenty states, the original plaintiffs, filed an injunction seeking to temporarily freeze the program before the date originally set for the hearing, next April 25.
Mayorkas criticizes in Miami the demand of republican states against the humanitarian parole
“They are asking for a preliminary court order, that the program be suspended while the court decides the legality of the program,” the immigration attorney said then. Loyal Angel.
Texas Judge Drew B. Tipton, who is presiding over the case, ruled that the states’ request to freeze implementation of the program will be heard as part of the hearing itself, not before.
On January 24, the attorneys general of 20 states, including Florida and Texas, filed a lawsuit against the Joe Biden government program that grants 30,000 humanitarian visas a month to migrants from Cuba, Venezuela, Nicaragua, and Haiti.
“The program is working, let’s be clear, I think this is a political circus by the governor and the Republican prosecutors to create chaos at the border,” said the immigration lawyer. willy allena to a television station in Florida.
