news Judge rules against Keeping Families Together; mixed status families in danger

[SoldierofLove]

A federal judge has struck down the Biden administration's program known as "Keeping Families Together," dealing a major blow to the estimated half a million undocumented spouses of U.S. citizens that DHS estimates would have benefited.

The program would have provided temporary relief from deportation for undocumented spouses and stepchildren of U.S. citizens through a process known as "parole in place." It would have allowed them to apply for legal status without having to leave the country.

 

Judge J. Campbell Barker ruled Thursday in favor of the Republican-led effort to dismantle the program, agreeing with Republican states that the administration had exceeded its statutory authority because the Immigration and Nationality Act allows for paroling people "into the United States," not to those already in the country.

 

 

Noncitizen spouses are already eligible for legal status under current laws but often have to apply from their home countries and face up to a 10-year ban from returning to the U.S.

 

ABC News spoke with a 24-year-old woman in August who was one of the first people to be approved under the program. She is married to a U.S. citizen and they have a 3-year-old child.

 

It's unclear at the moment what will happen to people who have already submitted their paperwork, like Cecilia, and if they'll be able to get their application fees refunded.

 

https://abcnews.go.com/amp/Politics/judge-rules-bidens-keeping-families-program-undocumented-spouses/story?id=115626317
 

I want to know how many of these people thought their families were safe and voted for Trump? 
 

These applicants will be the first to go since the Trump government already has them in the system. 

[PillowCase]

Illegal immigration is a problem, so I get it. Sad for the people affected by it.

[Blue Monday]

I've seen so many videos and interviews in the days since the election of Latinos saying they aren't worried about their undocumented family members because, "they're not criminals like the migrants that are crossing the border." 

 

[St. Charles]

Wouldn't all this stuff being posted recently have happened regardless of the election outcome?

[vuelve88]

Latinos voted for Trump, so they are okay with this. 

[LittleStarmen]

38 minutes ago, Blue Monday said:

I've seen so many videos and interviews in the days since the election of Latinos saying they aren't worried about their undocumented family members because, "they're not criminals like the migrants that are crossing the border." 

 

Not all Latino has undocumented family members, actually most of them dont have. This racist rethoric is what lost then from dems.

[Princess Aurora]

54 minutes ago, Blue Monday said:

I've seen so many videos and interviews in the days since the election of Latinos saying they aren't worried about their undocumented family members because, "they're not criminals like the migrants that are crossing the border." 

 

They're literally the definition of 'Turkeys voting for Christmas'

[Uncatena]

1 hour ago, PillowCase said:

Illegal immigration is a problem

it literally isn't. you believe this because people told you it is, but you have probably never felt a negative effect of an illegal immigrant, probably the opposite. 

[Uncatena]

51 minutes ago, vuelve88 said:

Latinos voted for Trump, so they are okay with this. 

this is happening under the Biden administration btw

[PillowCase]

7 minutes ago, Uncatena said:

it literally isn't. you believe this because people told you it is, but you have probably never felt a negative effect of an illegal immigrant, probably the opposite. 

I don't mean in the way that they take away jobs or sell drugs. But if it is against the law it shouldn't be happening, period.

[Uncatena]

Just now, PillowCase said:

I don't mean in the way that they take away jobs or sell drugs. But if it is against the law it shouldn't be happening, period.

many things that are illegal shouldn't be and vice versa. 

[vuelve88]

4 minutes ago, Uncatena said:

this is happening under the Biden administration btw

This decision is part of a Republican led effort to dismantle Biden's program. Judge Barker is in Texas, so he likely leans Republican. They are just getting a head start. 
 

 

[NEUTRON]

1 hour ago, LittleStarmen said:

Not all Latino has undocumented family members, actually most of them dont have. This racist rethoric is what lost then from dems.

WHERE did they say ALL Latinos?

Edited November 9 by NEUTRON

[Uncatena]

@Raver @family.guy123 don't be cowards hiding behind a reaction button! I want to hear your arguments of how "illegal" immigrants negatively affect your life and the lives of others!

[family.guy123]

11 minutes ago, Uncatena said:

@Raver @family.guy123 don't be cowards hiding behind a reaction button! I want to hear your arguments of how "illegal" immigrants negatively affect your life and the lives of others!

That's not why I reacted the way I did. Telling people their problems aren't real is a great way to lose elections. 
 

Also, stop assuming my positions. That's another great way. 

[thesegayz]

20 minutes ago, Uncatena said:

@Raver @family.guy123 don't be cowards hiding behind a reaction button! I want to hear your arguments of how "illegal" immigrants negatively affect your life and the lives of others!

There are weekly high speed chases on the highway that end in casualty where I live. Not only innocent people driving to and from wherever they go locally, but also the migrants who paid smugglers to get them into the US

 

I now know a few people who are injured for life. Thankfully, no one I know has died. But there are people whose families are changed forever.

 

not to mention the surges and the large homeless populations, and the garbage that's left behind

 

not to mention the fake panhandlers who make up stories, rent airbnbs, trash property, and steal money from people

 

etc etc

 

but go off on how you, probably someone who doesn't live on the US-Mexico border, knows better

 

this is something I posted about MONTHS ago on this forum, and the same leftist mob called me racist, white, etc 

 

yet, Latino male, yikes

[Uncatena]

6 minutes ago, thesegayz said:

high speed chases on the highway that end in casualty

 

surges and the large homeless populations, and the garbage that's left behind

 

fake panhandlers who make up stories, rent airbnbs, trash property, and steal money from people

these are literally all signs of a bad government, not to mention that none of these actions are exclusive to immigrants. this doesn't hold weight and yes, its racist. 

 

edit: I literally just saw you used the term "leftist mob" unironically and here I am arguing in somewhat of good faith

Edited November 9 by Uncatena

[thesegayz]

17 minutes ago, Uncatena said:

these are literally all signs of a bad government, not to mention that none of these actions are exclusive to immigrants. this doesn't hold weight and yes, its racist. 

 

edit: I literally just saw you used the term "leftist mob" unironically and here I am arguing in somewhat of good faith

 

34 minutes ago, family.guy123 said:

That's not why I reacted the way I did. Telling people their problems aren't real is a great way to lose elections. 
 

Also, stop assuming my positions. That's another great way. 

You're a literal joke, you'd be suited reading and actually comprehending what @family.guy123 tried to take you to school on 

 

but yeah **** my family members and the migrants who also died 

Edited November 9 by thesegayz

[Wicked]

People that illegally occupied a land dictating whats illegal is funny as hell. 

[Communion]

2 hours ago, LittleStarmen said:

Not all Latino has undocumented family members, actually most of them dont have. This racist rethoric is what lost then from dems.

Actually probably was just the price of eggs given most Latino voters think nearly all undocumented people should be given a pathway to citizenship and when directly interviewed in person express thinking deportation just means "getting rid of bad guys".

 

Horrific failure of Dems to move right on immigration and let Republicans control the narrative framing that then causes that misunderstanding.

Edited November 9 by Communion

[Armani?]

1 hour ago, Uncatena said:

this is happening under the Biden administration btw

The judge was selected by Trump last presidency

[Headlock]

1 hour ago, PillowCase said:

I don't mean in the way that they take away jobs or sell drugs. But if it is against the law it shouldn't be happening, period.

Why do y'all act like laws are commandments passed down from the heavens on stone tablets, they were written by humans, and a lot of them are bad 

[Uncatena]

1 hour ago, vuelve88 said:

This decision is part of a Republican led effort to dismantle Biden's program. Judge Barker is in Texas, so he likely leans Republican. They are just getting a head start. 

 

4 minutes ago, Armani? said:

The judge was selected by Trump last presidency

thank you for educating me! 

[Uncatena]

9 minutes ago, thesegayz said:

but yeah **** my family members and the migrants who also died 

if that's what you got from my post I have nothing to add. 

[Communion]

1 hour ago, PillowCase said:

I don't mean in the way that they take away jobs or sell drugs. But if it is against the law it shouldn't be happening, period.

There has never been a time in America where there are zero undocumented immigrants. 

 

That's not how that works. 

 

That's not how living in a massive global nation that is the largest economy in the world works. 

 

There will never be a time where there's no undocumented person in America. Especially because millions of undocumented people are people who come into the US legally and then end up not leaving when things like visas expire. Most of these people not committing crimes or doing harm and thus not worth the hundreds of millions of dollars it would cost to effectively run headhunters on finding criminals committing the crime of lapsed resident status like *checks notes* Elon Musk.

 

Americans hate having to wait an extra hour at the airport even 20 years later cause of terrorist hijackers doing something once and yall want somehow airports to become immigration centers that assess whether someone coming in has a psychological risk or not of not leaving once their visa or reason to be here expire? Commercial flight might as well end. If no one can come in, no one can go out. 

Edited November 9 by Communion