also tonight a federal judge in Texas has put a pause on a new policy from the Biden Administration that would have potentially given roughly half a million immigrants without legal status a path to citizenship if they're married to an American the judge's decision on the program known as keeping families together comes just days after Texas and 15 other Republican Le States filed a lawsuit to end the policy accusing the Biden administration of violating ation authorities and bypassing Congress for blatant political purposes the White House announced the program in June and the Department of Homeland Security began accepting applications just last week it allows US citizens spouses and their children to adjust their legal status without first having to leave the country make the Road New Jersey which is an immigrant advocacy organization said in a statement the program is a Lifeline for the roughly 500,000 longtime us res residents who qualify adding that when immigrants and their families Thrive communities benefit [Music]