A new lawsuit filed in federal court on April 4 seeks to compel federal officials to keep a pandemic-era order in place to help manage the crisis at the U.S. Mexico border. If the Biden administration is allowed to rescind the Title 42 order next month, it will lead to a spike in illegal immigrants flooding across the border, the new suit asserts. “Defendants’ unlawful termination of the Title 42 policy will induce a significant increase of illegal immigration into the United States, with many migrants asserting non-meritorious asylum claims,” the attorneys general of Arizona, Louisiana, and Missouri, who brought the suit, said in the filing. They cited reports quoting Biden administration officials who project that up to 18,000 illegal aliens could be apprehended at the border every day if the order is lifted. Further, White House communications director Kate Bedingfield recently told reporters that the termination of the order would …
States Sue to Force Biden Administration to Keep Emergency Border Powers in Place
April 4, 2022
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