Judge halts Biden administration program offering legal status to spouses of US citizens

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A Texas judge ordered a pause on a Biden administration program that offers legal status to the spouses of U.S. citizens.

The ruling was in response to a lawsuit from 16 Republican state attorneys general led by Texas who argued that the policy encouraged illegal immigration. U.S. District Judge J. Campbell Barker found some merit to their case.

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