Federal Judge Finds Biden Keeping Families Together Policy Unlawful

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Newsweek and the Associated Press report that President Biden‘s policy granting legal status to spouses of U.S. citizens who unlawfully entered the country has been struck down by a federal court

Biden announced his “Keeping Families Together” initiative in June. The policy would have allowed roughly half a million spouses and children of U.S. citizens to apply for permanent residency without being required to leave the country.

Yesterday, U.S. District Judge J. Campbell Barker, appointed to the bench by President-elect Trump in 2019, sided with Texas and other Republican-led states. Even if the Biden administration appealed the ruling, Trump administration would likely abandon the policy.

UPDATE (Nov. 11):  Here is the court’s ruling.

KJ