Judge blocks Trump border rule Title 42 that expelled migrants
A federal judge ruled the U.S. can no longer use the Trump-era policy known as Title 42 that allowed authorities to expel migrants at the border.
WASHINGTON — A federal judge ruled Tuesday that the U.S. government can no longer use a Covid-era policy that allowed authorities to severely limit asylum-seekers from crossing the border into the country.
U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan vacated the controversial rule, known as Title 42, which U.S. Customs and Border Protection has used to turn back migrants at the border before they could make asylum claims.
Since the Trump administration implemented the rule in March 2020 because of the Covid pandemic, the federal agency has turned people back 2 million times. In May, a federal judge in Louisiana blocked the Biden administration's attempt to end the policy.
Sullivan said the rule violates the Administrative Procedures Act and argued that it’s “arbitrary and capricious.” His ruling stemmed from a lawsuit brought by a group of asylum-seeking families who fled to the U.S.
The Biden administration won’t oppose Sullivan’s order, according to a court filing Tuesday night, but said it would request a temporary delay in lifting Title 42.
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