The Supreme Court on Monday put a temporary hold on a lower court order that would end the so-called Title 42 policy this week, as the justices consider a request from more than a dozen Republican-led states to preserve the pandemic-related border restrictions.
The order, signed by Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr., presses pause on the lower court order to end the Title 42 policy until further order from the high court. Roberts ordered additional briefing by Tuesday evening in response to a request Monday from Arizona, Texas, Alabama and other states.
A federal judge in Washington had ordered the policy to end by Wednesday, and the federal government has been preparing to comply. That Title 42 policy has allowed border agents to rapidly “expel” migrants who cross the border without considering their asylum claims for nearly three years.
