Sen. Cruz Files Amicus Brief in Support of Overturning Obama-Era DHS Program

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), member of the Senate Judiciary Committee and Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Federal Courts, Oversight, Agency Action and Federal Rights, filed an amicus brief in the case Save Jobs USA v. Department of Homeland Security.

Sen. Cruz filed the amicus brief in support of a Petition for a Writ of Certiorari, seeking Supreme Court review of an Obama-era program that granted work permits to the spouses of certain foreign nationals. The programs were implemented by the Obama and Biden administrations, and allowed career bureaucrats to circumvent Congress’s authority to define who can enter the United States on nonimmigrant visas, how long they can stay, and whether they can lawfully work while here.

About the amicus brief, Sen. Cruz said, “For far too long, career agency bureaucrats have sought to bypass Congress’s authority to prescribe laws regarding visas. We hope the Supreme Court will grant review in this case, end immigration visa abuse, and clarify the legal process to obtain lawful immigration status in the United States.”

Joining Sen. Cruz in filing this amicus brief were Sens. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), Eric Schmitt (R-Mo.), Jim Banks (R-Ind.), Ted Budd (R-N.C.), and Mike Lee (R-Utah).

Read the text for the amicus brief here.

BACKGROUND

In 2023, Sen. Cruz filed an amicus brief requesting the Supreme Court to review a similar case, Washington Alliance of Technology Workers v Department of Homeland Security.

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