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US President Joe Biden
A federal judge on Thursday struck down the Biden administration's "parole in place" policy that gave legal status to undocumented individuals who have been living in the US for 10 years and are married to US citizens.
The policy would have also applied to undocumented stepchildren of US citizens.
US District Judge J. Campbell Barker had previously put an administrative hold on the regulation, rolled out earlier this year when President Joe Biden was running for re-election, as he considered the lawsuit brought by Texas and 15 other states.
The policy shielded select undocumented spouses of US citizens from deportation and allowed them to work legally in the country as they sought citizenship.
In his ruling on the merits of their case, Judge Barker, appointed by President-elect Donald Trump during his first term, said Congress had not given the executive branch the authority to implement such a policy.
He wrote that history and purpose confirm that defendants' view of the relevant immigration law stretches legal interpretation past its breaking point.
The case is one of several ongoing legal challenges to Biden administration policies that the incoming Trump administration may refuse to defend after the White House changes hands.
The judge rejected a request by individuals who benefited from the programme to intervene in the case so that they could also defend the policy.
It was estimated that the programme could directly affect 750,000 to 800,000 people.
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