Fifth Circuit Urged to Revive Parole Program as Lawsuit Proceeds

Mixed-status immigrant families have filed an emergency motion to have a stay lifted on a parole program offering immigrant spouses employment authorization and a pathway to green cards.

A district court’s order halting the program in response to a challenge from Republican states is unlawful because it amounts to an injunction without any legal justification, they told the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.

The appellate court last week issued an order rejecting the families’ attempt to intervene in the litigation but removing its own open-ended stay on lower court proceedings. The Fifth Circuit issued that stay in ...