Posted 1/27/23


Tennessee joined 19 other states in challenging a new Biden Administration program that provides some asylum seekers from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela a legal path to entering the U.S.

The parole program, would give up to 30,000 people per month a chance to legally enter the U.S. if they apply from their home countries, demonstrate they have a financially responsible U.S. sponsor and can pass a background check.

Attorneys for the states, led by Texas, contend the program is an illegal.

Other states joining suit are Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Florida, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Ohio, South Carolina, Utah, West Virginia, and Wyoming.