Judge in Texas pauses Biden's plan offering citizenship to spouses of U.S. citizens

A federal judge in Texas on Monday issued a temporary pause on a new Biden White House program offering a path to citizenship for immigrants married to U.S. citizens, the Associated Press reports. U.S. District Judge J. Campbell Barker handed down the order after Republican attorneys general of 16 states — including Texas' Ken Paxton — challenged the initiative last week in court. Their lawsuit suit alleges President Joe Biden circumvented Congress to pass a policy that would harm the states by encouraging illegal immigration.