Biden policy allowing migrants from 4 countries into the US is praised during Texas trial

By JUAN A. LOZANO
Associated Press

HOUSTON (AP) — A key portion of President Joe Biden’s immigration policy that grants parole to thousands of people from Central America and the Caribbean is being debated in a Texas federal courtroom. During the trial Thursday, Eric Sype testified about helping a friend from Nicaragua come to the U.S. through the humanitarian parole program. It allows up to 30,000 people each month to enter the U.S. from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela. Texas and 20 other Republican-leaning states have sued to stop the program. They argue it increases costs associated with crime, and depresses wages. Sype says his friend from Nicaragua is helping fill a critical job on a family farm in Washington state.