Fifth Circuit Unfreezes Immigrant Parole Court Battle (1)

Oct. 7, 2024, 3:21 PM UTCUpdated: Oct. 7, 2024, 11:48 PM UTC

A court battle can move forward in determining the fate of a Biden administration program offering immigrant spouses temporary status and the ability to work in the US while seeking permanent residency, an appeals court panel said.

But an attempt by mixed status families to intervene in litigation over the Keeping Families Together program was denied by the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in an unsigned Oct. 4 order.

The appeals court in September indefinitely extended a district court’s administrative stay on proceedings over the program as they considered the intervention request. The families, whose members stood ...

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