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Joel Rose

A federal judge in Texas blocks a major DHS policy limiting immigration enforcement

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas at the Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles this week. A federal judge has blocked a set of immigration enforcement priorities that Mayorkas championed. (PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images)

A federal judge in Texas has blocked yet another of President Biden's major immigration policies.

Federal Judge Drew Tipton threw out a Department of Homeland Security policy that limits who immigration authorities can arrest and deport. In a ruling published Friday, Tipton sided with the states of Texas and Louisiana, which argued that the DHS guidance is preventing U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement from enforcing the law.

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