Biden policy allowing migrants from Venezuela and 3 other countries into the US is on trial in Texas

By JUAN A. LOZANO
Associated Press

HOUSTON (AP) — A key portion of President Joe Biden’s immigration policy that grants parole to thousands of people from Central America and the Caribbean was being debated in a Texas federal courtroom. Under the humanitarian parole program, up to 30,000 people are being allowed each month into the U.S. from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela. Texas and 20 other Republican-leaning states have sued to stop the program. A two-day trial on the lawsuit began Thursday and will be presided over by a Trump-appointed judge in Victoria, Texas, with no ruling expected immediately. The judge had previously ruled against the Biden administration on who to prioritize for deportation.