Federal Judge Dismisses States’ Challenge to Biden’s Parole Program for Immigrants

A federal judge has upheld the Biden administration’s parole program that would allow 30,000 people from four countries to enter the United States each month.

A group of more than 1,000 illegal immigrants walks toward a U.S. Border Patrol field processing center after they crossed the Rio Grande from Mexico in Eagle Pass, Texas, on Dec. 18, 2023. John Moore/Getty Images

A federal judge on March 8 dismissed a lawsuit filed by Republican-led states against a Biden administration program that has allowed tens of thousands of immigrants from four countries to enter the United States.

U.S. District Judge Drew Tipton ruled that the plaintiffs—a coalition of 21 states—“have not proven that Texas has suffered an injury” because of the program and therefore lacked standing to maintain this lawsuit.