TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Jan 25, 2023

A coalition of 20 Republican-led states filed a lawsuit yesterday seeking to end a new Biden administration program that would allow up to 30,000 people a month from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela to apply for temporary immigration status in the United States. As part of the plan, Biden also authorized authorities to expel the same number of migrants from those countries if they cross the border without authorization. The suit alleges that the Department of Homeland Security exceeded its legal authority when it rolled out the initiative earlier this month. Roll Call has more on the story. Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti joined the suit. Read his statement.