US judge pauses Joe Biden's plan offering legal status to spouses of American citizens

US judge pauses Joe Biden's plan offering legal status to spouses of American citizens

US judge pauses Joe Biden's plan offering legal status to spouses of American citizens

HOUSTON: A Texas court has put a temporary pause on President Biden’s ambitious plan to fast-track permanent residency for illegal migrants married to American citizens, a move that could hamper the hopes of approximately half a million such spouses, including several thousands Indian-Americans.

In June, President Joe Biden issued a massive immigration relief to non-citizens offering a path to citizenship to the non-citizen spouses and children of American nationals.

Biden had directed the Department of Homeland Security to take action to ensure that US citizens with non-citizen spouses and children can keep their families together.