GOP States Clear Standing Test in Battle Over Immigrant Parole

A ruling against a program offering immigration relief to family members of US citizens dealt a blow to immigrant advocates who have argued that GOP states should face a tougher test to prove standing in challenges to federal policies.

A Texas federal judge on Thursday struck down the Biden administration’s Keeping Families Together program, launched in August to offer a pathway for about half a million spouses of US citizens and another 50,000 stepchildren without authorized immigrant status to remain in the country and secure work permits while applying for green cards.

It was the administration’s most ambitious use so ...