A coalition of 20 Republican states, led by Texas and America First Legal, filed a motion for preliminary injunction in federal court on Tuesday that asks the court to block President Joe Biden\u2019s Department of Homeland Security (DHS) from expanding the \u201ccatch and release\u201d of border crossers into the U.S.
\nThe GOP states\u2019 motion comes one month after the states filed a lawsuit in federal court that asked the court to declare Biden\u2019s recent expansion of the parole program unlawful.
\nBiden\u2019s recent expansion of the parole program would \u201callow up to 30,000 qualifying nationals per month\u201d from Venezuela, Cuba, Nicaragua, and Haiti to stay in the country and work while they await their immigration hearings.\u201d
\nHowever, as the states argue, Congress authorized the parole of illegal aliens into the country only on a \u201c\u2018case-by-case basis\u2019 for \u2018urgent humanitarian reasons\u2019 or \u2018significant public benefit.\u2019\u201d
\n\u201cAccordingly, parole cannot be used as an alternative admissions program, nor can it be granted en masse \u2014 doing so violates the requirement that it be granted only on a case-by-case basis,\u201d the states argued.
\nIn Tuesday\u2019s filing, the states argued the court should block the government from operating the expanded parole program while litigation is pending due to the irreparable harm the states would suffer if the program were allowed to continue.
\nSpecifically, Texas cites significant burdens on the states through issuing driver\u2019s licenses for these migrants, increased education costs, health care costs, and other correctional and social costs.
\nTexas \u201cincurs direct and indirect costs of roughly $200 for each non-citizen who seeks a limited-time license,\u201d according to the filing. The state also estimates \u201cmore than $175 million\u201d in costs related to educating these migrants during Fiscal Year 2022.
\n\u201cTexas spends tens of millions of dollars each year for increased law enforcement as its citizens suffer increased crime, unemployment, environmental harm, and social disorder due to illegal immigration,\u201d the filing added.
\nTexas Attorney General Ken Paxton criticized Biden for \u201crolling out the red carpet for hundreds of thousands of aliens and using taxpayer dollars to bring them into the country,\u201d in a statement on Tuesday.
\nAlong with Texas, state attorneys general from Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Florida, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Ohio, South Carolina, Tennessee, Utah, West Virginia, and Wyoming joined the lawsuit.<\/p>\n
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