Biden Program Allowing Migrants From Venezuela, Other Countries Challenged in Texas Court

Republican-led states challenge Biden’s immigration parole policy in Texas court, claiming executive overreach and financial strain. Humanitarian concerns debated.

Migrants prepare to be transported by bus to processing faciities in Yuma, Arizona, on May 18, 2023. (John Fredricks/The Epoch Times

The Biden administration’s immigration policy is being contested in court in Houston, Texas, on Aug. 24. A coalition of Republican-led states are challenging a policy that allows parole in the United States for thousands of citizens of Central America and the Caribbean.

The immigration policy is a humanitarian parole program that allows tens of thousands of individuals to be released into the United States every month from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela.