The State of Texas is leading a lawsuit against the Biden Administration over an asylum program that the White House announced earlier this month. A total of 20 states are involved in the lawsuit.
The White House announced in early January that the Department of Homeland Security would expand the parole process for asylum-seekers from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela. The goal was to encourage people from those countries to apply for permission to come to the United States legally instead of crossing illegally at the border with Mexico.
The program would accept a total of 30,000 people per month from those countries. They would be required to have an eligible sponsor in the U.S. and pass a background check. They would be allowed to come to the United States for two years and receive work authorization. Anyone from those countries who crosses the border from Mexico would not be eligible and would face being returned to Mexico.
The lawsuit filed by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton claims the Biden administration misused its executive authority in creating the program, and that it would illegally create a de facto pathway to citizenship.
"Every state in America, especially border states like Texas, is being crushed by the impacts of illegal immigration," Paxton said. "This unlawful amnesty program, which will invite hundreds of thousands of aliens into the U.S. every year, will only make this immigration crisis drastically worse."
The lawsuit also claims the program was created without the usual notice and comment rulemaking process required by law.
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