Immigration Parole Challenges Must Overcome Standing Roadblock

Before they can overturn a Biden program offering immigration relief to spouses of US citizens, GOP states will have to show whether they have grounds to challenge the Keeping Families Together program.

The Biden administration has temporarily admitted immigrants to the US to an unprecedented extent through use of its parole powers, an authority that hadn’t previously been tested in the courts.

Republican state officials have mounted legal challenges to parole programs and the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, arguing they face financial harm from increased public spending. Last month, conservative states secured a temporary freeze of the ...