A U.S. judge on Nov. 16 paused his order striking down Title 42, a public health policy that enables U.S. agents to quickly expel some illegal immigrants amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan, a Clinton appointee, ruled Tuesday that the policy violated federal law because the agency that promulgated it “failed to adequately consider alternatives.”
Hours later, the Biden administration asked for a five-week stay of the order so it could transition to a new reality in which it could no longer utilize Title 42 to expel illegal aliens.
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security “requires a short period of time to prepare for the transition from Title 42 to Title 8 processing, given the need to resolve resource and logistical issues that it was unable to address in advance without knowing precisely when currently operative August 2021 Title 42 order would end,” government lawyers said in a motion….