“In this case, 16 States challenge a final rule recently issued by the Department of Homeland Security that creates a process for granting ‘parole in place’ under immigration laws to a certain subset of aliens who are unlawfully present in the country. Familiarity with that rule is presumed.”
“Plaintiffs move for a temporary restraining order, a preliminary injunction, and a stay of the rule’s implementation. Defendants move for jurisdictional discovery, a stay of briefing, and a scheduling order. Lastly, 12 parties move to intervene as defendants, two of them pseudonymously. The court now enters (1) temporary, equitable relief for 14 days, renewable for good cause or upon consent, and (2) a case schedule ordering expedited proceedings on preliminary and permanent relief.”
“Defendants’ motion for discovery and a case schedule is granted to the extent specified here and otherwise denied. Plaintiffs’ motion (Doc 2) to expand page limits is granted to the extent specified below. All other motions remain pending,” says an order from Texas MAGA Judge J Campbell Barker in response to Picasso-faced Attorney General Ken Paxton and pals’ lawsuit against the Biden Administration for offering a path to citizenship for the undocumented spouses of US citizens.