Three states sue Biden administration over ending Title 42 policy

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention made the decision to lift Title 42, and the US Department of Homeland security said expulsions under the rule are to end by May 23 [Jose Luis Gonzalez/Reuters]

Washington, DC – Three states have sued the Biden administration over its plans to lift Title 42, a contentious border policy that has led to the expulsion of the vast majority of people trying to file asylum claims in the United States.

Missouri, Arizona and Louisiana – three Republican-governed states – announced on Monday that they are suing the administration of President Joe Biden, arguing that ending the pandemic-era restriction would result in an “unprecedented crisis at the United States southern border”.