TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Mar 13, 2023

U.S. District Judge Drew Tipton on Friday refused to transfer a challenge to a new Biden administration immigration policy to a different court, rejecting the administration's claim that 21 Republican-led states had engaged in "judge shopping" when challenging a program that would allow up to 360,000 people from Cuba, Haiti, Venezuela and Nicaragua to enter the U.S. each year. The administration argued the suit should be heard by a court in Washington, D.C., or Austin, Texas, Reuters reports. Tipton said the administration's claim was undermined by its own statements that he could be fair and impartial.