Big: Judge Rules in Favor of DeSantis' Lawsuit Challenging Legality of Biden's "Mass Parole" of Illegal Aliens; Rules That It's Illegal Under the Administrative Procedures Act

BREAKING: A federal judge in Florida has blocked the Biden admin’s use of mass parole + ATD (alternatives to detention) migrant releases at the border. These releases allow for much quicker processing and clear out space to avoid overcrowding in BP facilities.

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Reuters reports "catch and release" has been struck down. 

Trump appointee. 

A federal judge in Florida on Wednesday agreed with the state's Republican attorney general that the policy of President Joe Biden's administration to release many people who illegally cross the U.S.-Mexican border rather than detaining them violates U.S. immigration law. 

U.S. District Judge T. Kent Wetherell in Pensacola blocked the administration from continuing to implement a 2021 Department of Homeland Security (DHS) memo that had authorized "alternatives to detention" to ease overcrowding in detention facilities. 

These alternatives included ankle bracelets, phone monitoring or check-ins by immigration officers. Republican critics have called the policy "catch and release." 

Wetherell, appointed by Republican former President Donald Trump, said federal immigration authorities lack the power to implement those alternatives on a widespread basis under existing law. 

The judge agreed with the argument made by Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody, who challenged the policy. 

"Defendants have effectively turned the Southwest Border into a meaningless line in the sand and little more than a speedbump for aliens flooding into the country," Wetherell wrote, referring to non-U.S. citizens who cross the border illegally.

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