A federal judge dealt a blow to the Biden administration Friday by halting its planned cessation Monday of a pandemic health policy allowing authorities to turn away unauthorized migrants at the southern border.
U.S. District Court Judge Robert Summerhays of the Western District of Louisiana on Friday afternoon blocked the U.S. government from ending the Title 42 policy, forcing U.S. border officials to continue turning most illegal migrants back to Mexico rather than taking them into custody.
The injunction was a response to a suit filed by the states of Arizona, Louisiana, and Missouri, claiming the government had failed to plan for handling the anticipated surge in noncitizens expected to cross when Title 42, promulgated by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, goes away and that the influx of releases would harm states. A total of 24 states are listed as plaintiffs.
Summerhays wrote in his decision that the states "established a substantial likelihood of success based on the CDC's failure to comply with the rulemaking requirements" under federal law, justifying keeping the policy in place as the case works through the courts.
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