Biden administration officials proceeded to release more than 2,700 illegal immigrants into the United States through a special parole policy mere hours after a federal court ordered a pause to the practice.
The state of Florida sued the Biden administration last week in a challenge to the administration’s parole program, which allowed border officials to release illegal immigrants into the United States without a set court date. The rule is known as the “Policy on Parole with Conditions in Limited Circumstances Prior to the Issuance of a Charging Document,” or “Parole with Conditions.”
Judge T. Kent Wetherell II of Florida’s Northern federal court district issued a temporary restraining order (TRO) on Thursday, blocking the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) from releasing people through the “Parole with Conditions” policy. Wetherell issued the order just hours before Title 42 ended, suspending a pandemic-era policy that allowed border officials to rapidly turn away and expel migrants for reasons pertaining to public health….