A district court judge has denied the Biden administration’s request to remove an administrative stay of a program offering immigrant family members of US citizens a pathway to permanent residency.
Judge J. Campbell Barker also extended the pause on the Keeping Families Together program until Sept. 23 in a Wednesday order.
The Department of Homeland Security argued in a motion to vacate the original administrative stay Tuesday that relief to Republican states suing to block the program was improper because they hadn’t established standing. The agency can continue to accept new parole applications while the program is stayed although it ...
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