A federal judge in Texas on Monday paused a Biden administration policy that would give spouses of U.S. citizens legal status without having to first leave the country, dealing at least a temporary setback to one of the biggest presidential actions to ease a path to citizenship in years. The administrative stay issued by U.S. District Judge J. Campbell Barker comes just days after 16 states, led by Republican attorneys general, challenged the program that could benefit an estimated 500,000 immigrants in the country, plus about 50,000 of their children. MORE: https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/nation-world/biden-program-us-citizen-spouses-legal-status-blocked-temporarily/507-9b8b3deb-c99f-4b41-a297-8272b9b06692