The ruling came in a list of orders and did not explain the court’s rationale.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton had led the group in asking the court to permit them to defend the rule, which the Biden administration had ended.
Many would-be permanent residents enter the United States seeking more favorable economic conditions than those that exist in their home country and many of them arrive in a situation that would likely qualify them for such benefits.
The rule was already on hold, after an Illinois judge struck down the measure last year,
