Former President Donald Trump emerged victorious in a federal court case he wasn’t even involved in, as a judge ruled in favor of one of his border policies.
In separate rulings issued Friday in Victoria, Texas, on Friday, U.S. District Judge Drew Tipton ruled that Texas and other states that challenged President Joe Biden’s parole policy that allows “migrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela to apply for entry into the United States and temporarily reside here upon approval” had no standing to do so, UPI reported.
The newswire added: “The policy enables up to 30,000 migrants from the four nations to arrive monthly and has enabled more than 386,000 people from those nations to arrive in the United States over the past year. In his ruling, Tipton said there is no evidence that the parole policy harms Texas or any other states, so they have no standing to challenge it in federal court, CNN and the Miami Herald reported.”
However, Tipton also ordered the administration to recommence construction of a border wall that was authorized under the Trump administration. The decision came in response to a case filed by Texas, Missouri, and other co-plaintiffs, alleging that the Biden administration had disregarded the intent and will of Congress by redirecting $1.4 billion allocated for border wall construction to other purposes.
Tipton approved the state’s request to prohibit the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) from diverting the funds and to ensure they are used as intended for constructing Trump’s border wall along the southwestern border.
According to UPI, George P. Bush, the commissioner of the Texas General Land Office, along with the states of Missouri and Texas, filed separate court documents challenging the constitutionality of the Biden administration’s reallocation of funds. They also sought an injunction to halt the parole policy, which was unsuccessful.
The border wall lawsuit said that Congress in 2020 and 2021 approved $1.4 billion to finish its construction, but Biden, on taking office, “had a different view on how these funds should be spent” and “via proclamation, paused the obligation of these funds the day he was inaugurated,” the states said.
“Instead, Biden ordered the Department of Homeland Security to assess the matter, which resulted in two plans that didn’t involve building the border wall. Instead, the DHS would only ensure any existing structure is stable,” UPI reported.
