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The Texas Tribune
The Texas Tribune
National
Uriel J. García

Texas AG Ken Paxton sues Biden administration over enforcement of “public charge” law for immigrants

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton walks to a news interview at the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C. on April 26, 2022. Earlier, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments for Texas v. Texas, the enforcement of the Trump-era “remain in Mexico” policy that required asylum seekers to stay in Mexico as they waited for hearings in U.S. immigration court.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton at the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., on April 26. On Thursday, Paxton’s office sued the Biden administration over its new rules governing the “public charge” law for immigrants. (Credit: Eric Lee for The Texas Tribune)

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a lawsuit on Thursday against President Joe Biden, accusing his administration of nullifying a federal law that prevents immigrants from obtaining a green card if they are likely to depend on government social services.

The lawsuit filed in a U.S. District Court in Victoria claims the Biden administration “seeks to further its open borders policy by enacting a new agency rule that effectively nullifies federal law excluding aliens likely to become public charges.”

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