Fifteen states with Republican attorneys general filed a motion in federal court seeking to prevent the termination of a pandemic-era order that allows U.S. border authorities to quickly expel migrants on public health grounds.
that the federal government had not properly enacted or explained the border expulsions. Sullivan gave the Biden administration five weeks — until Dec. 21 — to stop expelling migrants under Title 42. He said he was doing so reluctantly, so officials could prepare for the policy shift.
The states said the expiration of Title 42 will lead even greater numbers of migrants to cross the U.S.-Mexico border illegally. A sharp increase in migration, the Republican attorneys general argued, would harm their states financially, citing the costs of social services for migrants.The states' motion was opposed by the Biden administration and the American Civil Liberties Union, which filed the lawsuit challenging the Title 42 expulsions.
"The states are obviously and mistakenly trying to use Title 42 to restrict asylum and not for the law's public health purposes," Gelernt said."Suddenly these states believe there is a need for COVID restrictions when it comes to migrants fleeing danger."
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