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(NewsNation) — Influencer and activistic Carlos Espina said he's heartbroken aft a national justice successful Texas paused a Biden migration program that offers a way to citizenship for spouses of U.S. citizens.
Espina told NewsNation's Chris Cuomo that the intermission volition beryllium a setback for galore radical who've "been successful the U.S. for years."
"For radical paying taxes, person nary transgression record, and present they're backmost into this uncertainty," Espina said connected "CUOMO." "Yes, they tin inactive set their presumption done marriage, but they person to permission the country. And you ne'er cognize what happens erstwhile that's the case. ... It's horrible."
The administrative enactment issued by U.S. District Judge J. Campbell Barker comes conscionable days aft 16 states, led by Republican attorneys general, challenged the programme that could payment an estimated 500,000 immigrants successful the country, positive astir 50,000 of their children.
One of the states starring the situation is Texas, which successful the suit claimed the authorities has had to wage tens of millions of dollars annually from wellness attraction to instrumentality enforcement due to the fact that of immigrants surviving successful the authorities without ineligible status.
President Joe Biden announced the programme successful June. The tribunal order, which lasts for 2 weeks but could beryllium extended, comes 1 week aft the Department of Homeland Security began accepting applications.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
