Trump-Appointed Judge Kills Biden Immigration Policy Days After Election

I think Melania's parents entered the USA under some similar program--then of course the trump adm. speeded up their citizenship papers.






Trump-Appointed Judge Kills Biden Immigration Policy Days After Election
https://www.newsweek.com/trump-appointed-judge-kills-biden-immigration-policy-days-after-election-1982546

Published Nov 07, 2024 at 11:21 PM

By Aila Slisco

President Joe Biden's policy granting legal status to some spouses of U.S. citizens who entered the country illegally has been struck down by a federal judge appointed by President-elect Donald Trump.

Biden announced his "Keeping Families Together" initiative in June. The policy would have allowed around half a million spouses and stepchildren of U.S. citizens to apply for permanent residency without being forced to leave the country. Applicants were required to have no disqualifying criminal history and pose no threat to public safety, national security or border security.

Trump, who was elected to a second term with a decisive election win over Vice President Kamala Harris earlier this week, has promised strict immigration policies upon his return to the White House. The president-elect has vowed to implement the largest mass deportation of undocumented migrants in history, while also suggesting that he may deport some migrants who are in the country legally.

On Thursday, U.S. District Judge J. Campbell Barker, appointed to the bench by Trump in 2019, sided with Texas and more than a dozen other Republican-led states in a lawsuit seeking to strike down the policy. It is unclear whether the Biden administration intends to appeal the ruling, although Trump would likely kill the policy next year if Thursday's decision were reversed.................................