China News Agency, Houston, January 27. A judge of the US Federal Court of Texas issued a temporary restraining order on the 26th to suspend the implementation of a memorandum issued by the US Department of Homeland Security.
After U.S. President Biden signed an executive order on the day of taking office on the 20th, the Department of Homeland Security issued this memorandum: Starting from January 22, the U.S. immigration enforcement agency will suspend the deportation of illegal immigrants for 100 days.
According to the Associated Press, Texas Attorney General Paxton filed a lawsuit against the memorandum in the state's federal district court on the 22nd.
Paxton believes that the suspension of the deportation of illegal immigrants violated federal law and requested that the memorandum be revoked.
On the 26th, Judge Tipton of the Federal Court of Texas made the above ruling and stated that the Biden administration failed to provide "any specific and reasonable reasons" for the suspension of deportation.
Tipton said that the ruling is valid for 14 days, during which the judge will continue to consider whether to approve the revocation of the memorandum.
This measure is one of the priorities of the Biden administration’s immigration policy and is diametrically opposed to the immigration policy of former President Trump.
During Trump's tenure, anyone who is illegally stranded in the United States is listed as a priority for deportation.
Regarding this ruling by a judge of the Federal Court, the White House stated in a statement on the 26th that President Biden will continue to be committed to taking immediate action to reform the immigration system, so as to ensure the safety of the community while maintaining American values.
According to the Houston Chronicle, Texas conservative officials worry that the suspension of deportation will cause some illegal immigrants who have served their sentences to stay in the United States, which will burden the state.
"Washington Post" analyzed that although the ruling is valid for only 14 days, this move may mean that the American conservatives have entered a new stage of legal challenges to the Biden administration's immigration agenda.
Texas Attorney General Paxton said on social media Twitter that day that Texas was "the first state in the United States to prosecute the Biden administration" and "we won."
According to the media, the Federal Court Judge Tipton was appointed by Trump in June 2020.
The Texas District Court where Tipton is located is part of the Federal Fifth Circuit, which is considered one of the most conservative courts in the United States.
It is worth mentioning that during Trump’s tenure, a number of executive orders were suspended by judges. Among them, the day after Trump signed the “Mob prohibition order”, the executive order was “blocked” by a New York Federal Court judge. .
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