Texas authorities are seeking the immigration and citizenship status of hundreds of thousands of people who do not have a Texas driver’s license or ID card.
‘Chinese nationals without a legal basis to remain in the United States are subject to swift removal,’ Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said.
The federal government argued that Texas lacked standing to sue over President Joe Biden’s policy on illegal immigrants who came to the United States as minors.
Migrants who have not obtained legal status another way will need to leave the country before their parole period ends or risk being deported, the DHS said.
Temporary protected status was granted to Haitian immigrants in 2010 after a major earthquake in the country and has since been extended multiple times.
The new rules, which amend the Biden administration’s June restrictions, allow officials to cut off asylum requests when they deem the border is overwhelmed.
Trump, who has railed against sanctuary jurisdictions that don’t cooperate with ICE, said he‘d compel Congress to pass a law ’outlawing' sanctuary cities.