A federal judge in Texas has temporarily halted a Biden administration policy that aims to give some immigrant spouses of U.S. citizens legal status without having to leave the country.
The Biden administration's Keeping Families Together plan aimed to help undocumented spouses who have been living in the shadows... For most of Ocampo Hernandez's life here, his immigration status has meant not having health insurance, not being able to buy a house, and for years he avoided driving, out of fear of getting pulled over and potentially deported.
The Biden administration's program, launched in June, aimed to give some unauthorized immigrants a path to citizenship if they've been in the country for at least 10 years and are married to a U.S. citizen.
The ruling puts an estimated 500,000 immigrants back in legal limbo... That's despite being married to an American for the last decade.
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