China News Service, January 27, according to the US Chinese website, on January 26 local time, a US federal judge temporarily suspended the Biden administration’s 100-day suspension of deportation of certain undocumented immigrants.
According to reports, Judge Drew Tipton of the Southern District of Texas, after considering the lawsuit filed by the Texas Republican Attorney General, agreed to suspend the Biden administration’s deferred deportation policy for 14 days.
Earlier on the 22nd, the Texas Attorney General argued in the lawsuit that the suspension of the deportation order of some undocumented immigrants violated the legal agreement reached between the state and the former President Trump administration.
Data map: April 6, 2019, Palm View, Texas, U.S. Border Patrol agents are searching for illegal immigrants.
This ban is one of President Biden’s campaign promises to provide protection to most undocumented immigrants facing deportation. As long as they enter the United States before November 1, 2020, they will not be deported.
This ban does not apply to those who pose a threat to US national security or are involved in terrorism or espionage activities.
On January 8, Ken Cuccinelli, then acting deputy secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, signed an agreement authorizing the department to "consult Texas and consider its opinions" before changing its policy governing federal immigration enforcement.
The Department of Homeland Security has signed similar agreements with other states and localities, but legal experts question whether the agreements are legally valid.
According to reports, Texas stated in its lawsuit that the Department of Homeland Security should notify the state before implementing the 100-day deferment policy.
The state also claimed that the policy violated federal immigration laws.
However, the Justice Department lawyers representing the Biden administration argued that Texas did not prove that it was harmed by the stay order and that the legal agreement signed between the Trump administration and Texas was "invalid" and "unenforceable."
The report pointed out that the American Civil Liberties Union submitted an "Amicus curiae" summary to support the Biden administration, which believes that the Department of Homeland Security has broad discretion in deciding whether to deport individuals or not.