Today, federal district court judge Drew Tipton released a ruling on Texas v. Department of Homeland SecurityRejecting a lawsuit brought by a coalition led by Texas challenging the legality Biden’s CNVH program (also known as “CHNV”) which allows migrants from Latin American countries enter the United States, live here and work there for up to 2 years, provided they can find an American resident sponsor willing to support their entry.
Judge Tipton, who is a conservative Trump nominee, ruled that states had no standing to sue the program. Texas, according to the plaintiff states, has standing as the entry of parolee migrants into the state will cause the state government additional costs. This would prove the “injury-in-fact” that is required by Supreme Court precedent. Judge Tipton determined that evidence showed the CNVH program reduced the number migrants from these countries entering the state. It doesn’t add to the costs of the state and so Texas hasn’t been injured enough.
