Federal Judge Temporarily Blocks Biden Deportation Freeze After Texas Challenge

A Border Patrol vehicle is parked next to a section of the U.S.–Mexico border fence as it ends at El Nido de las Aguilas, Baja California, on March 26, 2019. Guillermo Arias/AFP via Getty Images

A federal judge in Texas temporarily blocked an executive order issued by President Joe Biden to halt the deportation of certain immigrants for 100 days.

U.S. District Judge Drew Tipton, an appointee of former President Donald Trump, issued a temporary restraining order (pdf) on Jan. 26, blocking Biden’s policy nationwide for 14 days after Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton challenged it in court.