Judge Denies Delay of Parole Policy Trial Following Supreme Court Ruling

A Texas federal judge denied a request to delay the bench trial in Texas’ challenge to the Biden administration’s parole policy for Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans, and Venezuelans. The request questions whether a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling affects Texas’ standing in the case.

The Supreme Court reversed a decision by the same Texas judge that vacated Immigration and Customs Enforcement guidance. Texas argues that the high court ruling had no impact on the parole program case, claiming the administration’s discretion on who to deport or detain is a separate issue from the administration’s choice to parole noncitizens into the U.S. who are not eligible for parole.

Texas and 20 other Republican-led states filed the suit seeking to end the parole policy program, claiming it was unlawfully enacted and exceeded the administration’s parole authority. The states assert they have standing due to the financial burden of providing social services to noncitizens admitted through the program. Intervening U.S. citizens and the Justice Department sought to delay the bench trial to give time for a briefing on the Supreme Court ruling. The Texas federal judge denied the request.

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