Sixteen GOP States Sue Biden-Harris Admin Over Plan To Give Illegal Alien Spouse Citizenship

I’ve actually had the original order sitting in my Pocket account since the 19th

(AP) Joe Biden’s offer of a path to citizenship without having to first leave the country for up to 10 years is one of the biggest presidential orders to ease entry for immigrants since 2012, when the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals programme allowed temporary but renewable stays for hundreds of thousands of people who came to the United States as young children with their parents.

To be eligible, spouses must have lived in the United States continuously for 10 years as of June 17, 2024, and been married by then. The Biden administration estimates 500,000 spouses could benefit, plus 50,000 stepchildren of US citizens.

Without this process, hundreds of thousands of noncitizen spouses of US citizens are likely to instead remain in the United States without lawful status, causing these families to live in fear and with uncertainty about their futures, the Homeland Security Department said on Monday in a document that details the policy. Forcing spouses to leave the country is disruptive to the family’s economic and emotional wellbeing.”

That’s on them. They are unlawfully present in the US, but, could rectify that by leaving for a specified time. Like DACA, the Biden-Harris order oversteps the bounds set by law

Texas, other GOP-led states sue over program to give immigrant spouses of US citizens legal status

Sixteen Republican-led states are suing to end a federal program that could potentially give nearly half a million immigrants without legal status who are married to U.S. citizens a path to citizenship.

The coalition filed suit Friday to halt the program launched by President Joe Biden in June, saying in court filings that the administration bypassed Congress to create a pathway to citizenship for “blatant political purposes.”

“This action incentivizes illegal immigration and will irreparably harm the Plaintiff states,” the suit filed in federal court in Tyler, Texas, says.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said in a statement Friday that the plan “violates the Constitution and actively worsens the illegal immigration disaster that is hurting Texas and our country.”

The suit filed against the Department of Homeland Security, DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, and other Biden administration officials accuses the agency of attempting to parole spouses “en masse,” which the states contend is an abuse of power. The states also filed a motion asking for the program to be put on hold while the lawsuit proceeds.

It is in violation of the law, but, then, when have Democrats ever cared about the law? We either have rule of Law or rule of Men.

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