FIRST ON FOX: A coalition of 20 Republican states and a conservative legal group is seeking a preliminary injunction against the Biden administration’s expanded humanitarian parole program that allows up to 30,000 migrants from four countries into the U.S. each month — arguing that the move is unlawful as it violates limits imposed by Congress.
The 20 states, led by Texas and America First Legal, filed a lawsuit last month seeking to block the program, which allows migrants from Haiti, Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela to fly into the U.S. if they meet certain criteria — such as not entering the country illegally, passing background checks and having a sponsor in the U.S.
The program, which was first announced for Venezuelans in October, and expanded in January, also allows for migrants to receive work permits and a two-year authorization to live in the U.S. and is combined with an extension of Title 42 expulsions to include those nationalities.
The Republican states sued, arguing…
