On September 4, 2024, a Texas District Court issued an order extending the administrative stay preventing U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) from approving any Keeping Families Together parole-in-place (PIP) applications for an additional 14 days, through September 23. In the meantime, USCIS can continue to accept and review PIP applications but cannot grant parole.
USCIS has said it would continue to accept applications but not grant parole under the program while the stay is in place. USCIS also noted that the district court’s stay “does not affect any applications that were approved before the administrative stay order was issued at 6:46 p.m. Eastern Time on Aug. 26, 2024.” The court set forth a detailed expedited schedule for further court filings up to October 10, 2024, with extensions possible through mid-October, followed by “an expedited hearing on preliminary relief and summary judgment, and if necessary a consolidated bench trial.”