Red States Unite Against New Biden Immigration Policy
The tactic of multistate coalitions blocking federal policies or actions has become a powerful tool in the arsenals of state attorneys general.
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A coalition of 14 red states, as well as Texas, have filed an immigration-related lawsuit against the Biden administration, representing a coordinated effort to block a new policy allowing individual U.S. asylum officers—rather than immigration judges—to rule on the claims of newly arrived immigrants, reports Pew Stateline.
The tactic of multistate coalitions blocking federal policies or actions has become a powerful tool in the arsenal of state attorneys general who simply have to go to a favorable district judge, preferably a conservative one appointed by a Republican president, present their argument and ask for a preliminary injunction.
The administration’s proposed Asylum Office Rule, set to take effect May 31, is meant to reduce the average wait time for asylum-seekers to receive a decision in their case from years to months, according to Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas.
As of March, immigration judges had nearly 1.7 million pending cases. About a quarter of the 106 state and multistate lawsuits against the Biden administration have been over immigration, according to Stateline research.
But only four of the immigration suits have been successful, according to Jessica Bolter, associate policy analyst at the Migration Policy Institute.
