VICTORIA, Texas (AP) — A federal judge in Texas on Friday upheld a key piece of President Joe Biden's immigration policy that allows a limited number of immigrants from four countries to enter the United States on humanitarian grounds, dismissing a challenge from Republican-led states. That said, the program created a financial burden for them.
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U.S. District Judge Drew B. Tipton in Victoria, Texas, ruled in favor of the humanitarian parole program that allows up to 30,000 asylum seekers to enter the United States each month from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela combined. Eliminating the program would undermine a broader policy that seeks to encourage migrants to use the Biden administration's preferred routes to enter the United States or face harsh consequences.
Migrants who crossed the Rio Grande and entered the U.S. from Mexico are lining up to be processed by U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Saturday, Sept. 23, 2023, in Eagle Pass, Texas. A federal judge in Texas on Friday, March 8, 2024, confirmed a key piece of President Joe Biden's immigration policy that allows a limited number of immigrants from four countries to enter the United States for humanitarian reasons, dismissing a challenge from states led by Republicans who said the program created an economic burden for them.
Texas and 20 other states that sued argued that the program forces them to spend millions on health care, education and public safety for immigrants. An attorney working with the Texas attorney general's office on the legal challenge said the program “created a shadow immigration system.”
Proponents of the federal government responded that immigrants admitted through this policy helped alleviate the agricultural labor shortage in the United States.
An appeal seemed likely.
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Tipton is an appointee of former President Donald Trump, who ruled against the Biden administration in 2022 with an order determining who to prioritize for deportation.
