USCIS Refunding $55 Million from Defunct Immigrant Parole Option

US Citizenship and Immigration Services is issuing refunds to the tune of $55 million to thousands of immigrants who applied for relief from a parole process for US citizens’ undocumented family members.

A Texas district court judge ruled in November that the Biden administration’s Keeping Families Together program was unlawful, blocking a pathway to permanent residency for roughly half a million immigrant spouses of American citizens.

The program offered applicants who would otherwise be forced to leave the country before seeking permanent residency to remain in the US and apply for legal work authorization. Each applicant was required to pay ...