Texas State

CBS News

A federal judge in Texas on Monday temporarily blocked the Biden administration from granting legal status to unauthorized immigrants married to American citizens, granting a request from 16 Republican-led states who challenged the new policy.The order by District Court Judge J. Campbell Barker effectively brings to a halt a large immigration program that opened just last week to an estimated half a million immigrants living in the U.S. without legal status. While preliminary and temporary, the ruling is also an early blow to one of the two major moves taken by President Biden in June on immigration, a top campaign...

Judge blocks Biden administration from granting legal status to spouses of U.S. citizens

Alabama State

Kansas State

The Center Square

(The Center Square) – A coalition of states led by Kansas has sued the Biden-Harris administration to block the federal government from providing free health care through the taxpayer-funded Affordable Care Act, otherwise known as Obamacare, to foreign nationals in the U.S. illegally.
                Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach filed the lawsuit in U.S. District Court for the District of North Dakota Western Division and was joined by attorneys general from 14 states. The U.S. government and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services are named...

15 states sue Biden-Harris administration for enrolling noncitizens in Obamacare

The Biden administration's immigration policy, "Keeping Families Together," has encountered a significant obstacle following a temporary block by a federal judge in Texas. Judge J. Campbell Barker's decision represents a setback for President Biden's immigration agenda which has been a focal point of the 2024 presidential campaign. The ruling comes in response to a lawsuit filed by 16 Republican-led states challenging the policy, which aimed to provide legal status to unauthorized immigrants married to US citizens. The Keeping Families Together program sought to address the situation of undocumented immigrants who have lived in the United States for years without legal status. The policy offered a pathway to temporary work permits and deportation protections through a legal mechanism known as parole. Eligibility criteria included being married to a US citizen, having resided in the country for at least a decade, and passing background checks.

Judge Thwarts Biden's Plan to Grant Legal Status for Immigrants Married to Americans

Latin Times

A group of undocumented immigrants and their families is seeking to intervene in a federal lawsuit to defend the Biden administration's "parole in place" program that provides legal relief to undocumented spouses of U.S. citizens. The program suffered at least a temporary setback on Monday as it was paused by...

A group of undocumented immigrants file motion to defend the government's "parole in place" program in court

- Advertisement - Only three out of every 100 U.S. immigration applicants enter the country with legalized status, according to a new report. According to a recent report released by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, 32 million people, including adults and children, actually began the process of immigrating to the U.S. as of 2021. However, only 900,000 immigrants, or 2.81% of all applicants, were permitted to enter the U.S. legally after completing the paperwork process, signaling a narrowing of the door to immigration.

Just 3% of U.S. immigration applicants granted legal residence amid quotas and backlog

Sag Harbor, NY

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NewsNinja

Justin Timberlake had a pricey wristwatch, a vape pen, and over $300 in cash on him when he was arrested on DWI charges on eastern Long Island in June. Law enforcement officers discovered the singer, 43, holding a vape device, a Rolex watch, a gold band, and a wallet containing $306 in bills when he was arrested in Sag Harbor on June 18, as reported by the Daily Mail.

Justin Timberlake had a vape pen, Rolex, and $306 cash at the time of his DWI arrest: police report

The number of illegal crossings into the United States through the Texas-Mexico border is down 87%, according to a local official. Mike Banks, Special Advisor on Border Matters under Gov. Greg Abbott said that, as the number of encounters has slowed down, the federal government has opted to temporarily move agents out of Texas to other ports of entry in Arizona, California and New Mexico.

Illegal immigration in Texas has dropped almost 90% since December, official says

Los Angeles, CA

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L.A. TACO

L.A. TACO has identified the police officer seen in a viral video sucker-punching a detained man named Alexander Mitchell in Watts over the weekend as Los Angeles Police Department Officer (LAPD) Joshua Sportiello.

LAPD Officer Identified After Punching Detained Man In Face In Watts On Video

Fox News

Lawful permanent residents are becoming naturalized United States citizens at a pace unseen since 2013 and 2014, potentially reshaping the electorate ahead of the election.

Immigrants becoming citizens at breakneck speed as election approaches: report

Georgia State

Appling County, GA

Daily Coffee Press

A 40-year-old man from Appling County, Christopher Eric Stone, with a significant criminal history, was recently sentenced to over five years in prison after pleading guilty to possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute, according to officials from the Department of Justice.

Georgia Man Sentenced to Over 5 Years for in Federal Prison for Meth Distribution

USA TODAY

A federal judge in Texas temporarily blocked a Biden administration program that would grant legal status to immigrant spouses of U.S. citizens.

Texas judge halts Biden program offering legal status to immigrants married to US citizens

Starr County, TX

Florentino Luera, a landowner in Starr County, Texas, has filed a lawsuit against the federal government, claiming it's trying to take his property for new border wall construction. This marks the second time Luera has sued the government for the same reason, with a 2021 ruling saw the action reversed and his property given back to him.

A Texas landowner is suing CBP for the second time for trying to take his land to build border wall

Illinois State

There is no application available yet. Only select groups of immigrants will be eligible for relief. It is critical that those who believe they may be eligible for relief consult with a reputable legal organization such as The Resurrection Project or the National Immigrant Justice Center or a private immigration attorney before submitting anything to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), or any other federal agency. People must be on high alert because “notarios” and other bad actors will take advantage of the new developments to personally profit.

Biden’s recent immigration actions provide work permits for some; work permits for all is still the goal

Kentucky State

Former presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. gives remarks at the Renaissance Phoenix Downtown Hotel on Aug. 23, 2024 in Phoenix, Arizona. Kennedy announced that he was suspending his presidential campaign and supporting the Republican presidential candidate, former President Donald Trump. (Photo by Rebecca Noble/Getty Images) Despite suspending his presidential...

After suspending his campaign, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. filed to run for president in Kentucky

Tampa, FL

Jacksonville, FL

Jacksonville Today

Three men and a woman have been arrested on murder charges in connection with the fatal shooting of Charles Jones , a Jacksonville rapper known as Julio Foolio,” outside a hotel in Tampa.

4 arrested in slaying of Jacksonville rapper Julio Foolio

NewsNation

Migrant advocacy groups reacted angrily to a lawsuit filed Friday by Texas and a coalition of other states to try to stop a new federal program that allows undocumented spouses and children of U.S. citizens to apply for parole without leaving the country.

Advocates decry Texas lawsuit to stop Biden’s ‘Parole in Place’ for immigrant families

NBC News

A program that let migrants apply for U.S. entry from their home countries that was paused because of potential mass fraud may be revived by the Biden administration as soon as this week, even though thousands of suspect applications still need review, two sources told NBC News. The Biden administration...

Biden administration may soon restart immigration program that was paused for possible fraud

Maine State

Sagadahoc County, ME

Lewiston, ME

The Maine Monitor

Editor’s note: This story contains references to suicide. When a bill to strengthen Maine’s yellow flag law went into effect earlier this month, Sagadahoc County Sheriff Joel Merry said he felt a sense of relief.

Law enforcement officers can now get a warrant to take someone into protective custody

The Associated Press

McALLEN, Texas (AP) — After President Joe Biden this summer announced a new U.S. citizenship pathway for immigrant spouses, Oscar Silva rushed to apply and was elated Monday when an email arrived confirming his appointment for a required biometric exam.  But hours later, Silva received a jolt: a federal judge in Texas was temporarily suspending the program that could benefit an estimated 500,000 immigrants in the U.S., freezing in place one of the biggest presidential actions to ease a path to citizenship in years.  “I don’t know what is going to happen,” Silva said Tuesday. The 23-year-old college student arrived in the U.S. as a baby and lives in Texas with his wife, Natalie, an American citizen who provides for their family as a high school teacher. Although the Biden administration’s “Keeping Families Together” program only began accepting applications last week, families and immigration attorneys say confusion, uncertainty and frustration is already mounting following the order by U.S. District Judge J. Campbell Barker. Couples who already applied say they are in limbo and those who haven’t yet must weigh whether to wait for Republicans’ court challenge over the program to play out. 

Immigrant families in limbo after judge puts U.S. program for spouses on hold

Louisville, KY

Demonstrators and members of the Black Womens Collective gather around the Breonna Taylor memorial at Jefferson Square Park on Oct. 3, 2020 in Louisville. (Photo by Jon Cherry/Getty Images) It is disappointing that a Kentucky federal judge dismissed felony charges against two former police officers charged in the death of...

Judge’s logic-defying order brands Breonna Taylor’s protector her killer

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Federal judge pauses program that grants protections for some noncitizen spouses

People demonstrate outside the Metropolitan Detention Center in Los Angeles in 2018 to protest Trump administration immigration and refugee policies. A federal judge has temporarily blocked...

Federal judge pauses program that grants protections for some noncitizen spouses

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