We are calling on California, New York, New Jersey, Illinois, Washington, Oregon, Massachusetts, and Connecticut to come together and fight back.

These states stood by immigrant families when the Biden Administration announced the “Keeping Families Together” (KFT) parole-in-place program in 2024—a policy meant to allow long-time undocumented spouses of U.S. citizens to finally apply for lawful status without being forced to leave the country.

But before the program could begin, Texas and 15 other states sued to block it.

A single judge in Texas issued a nationwide injunction, shutting the door on thousands of families—not just in Texas, but across the entire country, including in states that supported the program.

Our families applied. Some paid fees. We were preparing paperwork. All we got was a refund.

This isn’t justice. This isn’t democracy.

And thanks to the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Trump v. CASA, this kind of overreach may no longer be allowed. The Court ruled that federal judges should not issue nationwide injunctions unless truly necessary to protect the parties before them.

That means there’s now a clear path forward:

States that supported the KFT program—and were not parties to the Texas lawsuit—can sue to reopen it for their own residents.

We call on the Attorneys General and Governors of the following states to form a legal alliance and take immediate action:

California
New York
New Jersey
Illinois
Washington
Oregon
Massachusetts
Connecticut

You all supported immigrant inclusion. Your states house the very families this policy was designed to protect. Now is the time to step up and lead where others tried to tear us down.

We urge you to:

File a lawsuit challenging the scope of the Texas injunction;

Assert your states’ right to offer relief to families who live within your borders;

Restore Parole-in-Place as a lawful, humane path forward—for your residents.

This is a moment to define who we are as a nation. Not every state chose compassion—but these eight did.

Let them lead. Let them sue. Let them restore Parole-in-Place.

Thousands of American families are counting on them.