Florida judge hands Biden another immigration rejection

Florida judge hands Biden another immigration rejection

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — The Biden administration remains unable to carry out a key piece of its immigration agenda at the southern border after a Florida judge on Monday night denied the federal government’s attempt to proceed with the policies as a simmering legal battle unfolds.

U.S. District Court Judge T. Kent Wetherell kept his ruling against the Department of Homeland Security and other federal immigration officials intact, rejecting a request to put it on hold while the Biden administration pursues an appeal in the case brought by the DeSantis administration.

At stake is a Biden administration policy that allows the government to release some asylum seekers into the U.S. on a “parole” bas...

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