Judge halts Biden from phasing out Title 42 expulsion policy

LOUISIANA (Transatlantic Today) – For the next 2 weeks, a federal court in Louisiana granted a restraining order that prevents the Biden office from phasing down pandemic-justified border regulations. 

According to ABC NEWS, the order from ex – president Donald Trump’s appointee Judge Robert Summerhays prohibits the Department of Homeland Security from enhancing standard immigration handling beyond what it was before the government revealed the health code regulations under Title 42 of federal statute would end on May 23. 

All through the pandemic, migrants have just been released on parole into the United States under Title 8 of the United States Code, which details the accelerated deportation process. As the more restricted Title 42 restrictions expired, the Biden administration planned to boost expedited removal proceedings. 

Despite the fact that the number of people processed under Title 8 increased last month, the judge’s ruling limits it to the rate before the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s April 1 Title 42 termination order. 

However, the ruling leaves the option open that DHS might be further prohibited from exceeding the regular processing pace that existed prior to the decision to abolish Title 42. 

To guarantee compliance, DHS will be compelled to publish immigration processing figures on a regular basis. 

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas delivered a statement Tuesday detailing a number of preparations the department has already begun to take in anticipation of a potential spike in migration if the Title 42 health restriction is lifted. 

The restraining order, according to Kerri Talbot, deputy director of the pro-immigrant advocacy organization Immigration Hub, should not preclude the government from making preparations. 

The measures highlighted in the recent Mayorkas memo include bringing more resources to the border, such as health care supplies and staff, accelerating case processing at US Customs and Border Protection holding centres, collaborating with local non-profits to help migrants transfer from federal custody to local communities, and ramping up measures to counter human trafficking organisations.