AFL, Several State Attorneys General File Major Lawsuit Against Biden’s Mass Amnesty Plan

America First Legal, along with the states of Texas and Idaho, as well a coalition of 14 state attorneys general, filed an “urgent” lawsuit against the Biden-Harris Administration over a plan that will provide a pathway to citizenship for roughly one-million illegal aliens.

In June, President Biden announced a mass amnesty program that would allow illegal aliens to obtain legal status if they are married to U.S. citizens.

The proposal, known as “Parole in Place,” would also open up a pathway to permanent legal status and U.S. citizenship for beneficiaries. The plan would allow those who entered the country illegally to obtain green cards without leaving the country.

On Friday, the coalition of states, legal groups and state attorneys general filed a lawsuit against the Biden-Harris Administration in the United States District Court for the Eastern District in an effort to stop the order. The coalition is also

“Federal law prohibits illegal aliens from adjusting their status to that of a Lawful Permanent Resident in the United States if they have been unlawfully present in the United States–a commonsense measure that acts as a disincentive to anyone who might come to the United States illegally,” America First Legal wrote in a press release.

The legal group went on to note that the immigration parole authority can only be used on “a case-by-case basis for urgent humanitarian reasons or significant public benefit” for aliens coming temporarily to the United States. DHS “cannot use that power to parole aliens en masse,” which is what the Biden-Harris Administration is attempting to do.

“The implementation of this blatantly illegal program will only further fuel the greatest immigration crisis in history and cause irreparable harm to states like Texas and Idaho,” the release continued.

In an accompanying statement, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton stated that the Biden-Harris Administration is “actively working to turn the United States into a nation without borders and a country without laws.”

“Biden’s new parole workaround unilaterally grants the opportunity for citizenship to unvetted aliens whose first act on American soil was to break our laws. This violates the Constitution and actively worsens the illegal immigration disaster that is hurting Texas and our country,” said Attorney General Paxton.