A judge pauses key Biden immigration program. Immigrant families struggle to figure out what to do.

Immigration attorneys say families are in limbo after a federal judge in Texas paused a Biden administration program that would provide immigrant spouses of U.S. citizens a pathway to citizenship. The order Monday night by a federal judge in Texas followed a challenge by 16 states and is led by Republican attorneys general. The program could benefit an estimated 500,000 immigrants in the country, plus about 50,000 of their children. The pause on the program will be in place for 14 days but could be extended. The Department of Homeland Security says the government will continue to take applications as it defends the program in court.