Rancher Michael Vickers, Kinney County Sheriff Brad Coe, and the governments of Kinney and Atascosa counties filed a lawsuit in federal court on July 31 claiming that the Biden administration’s policies and actions have resulted in “the current, massive flood of illegal entries by foreign nationals from around the world.” They are asking the court to declare several Biden-era immigration policies unlawful.
The suit, which is pending in the Southern District of Texas in Corpus Christi, details several allegedly unlawful policies or actions Biden has instituted since taking office, including a parole program for migrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela that allows migrants with a sponsor in the United States to come work in the country for up to two years, and the family reunification parole process that has allowed some Latin American immigrants to bring relatives to the United States. The plaintiffs are also asking the court to declare unlawful the termination of the Migrant Protection Protocols, commonly referred to as the Remain in Mexico program, as well as the administration’s stoppage of border wall construction.
