DHS Moves to Undo Stay of Parole Program for Immigrant Spouses

A temporary freeze on a parole program for immigrant family members of US citizens should be vacated because a federal district court lacked authority to issue the order, the Department of Homeland Security argued in a new brief.

Judge J. Campbell Barker’s Aug. 26 administrative stay of the Biden program dubbed “Keeping Families Together” was not appropriate “without first concluding that plaintiffs had satisfied the traditional requirements for injunctive relief,” the government argued in a motion Tuesday. Although the court issued an administrative stay rather than a temporary restraining order or injunction sought by states, the states still must meet ...