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US judge blocks Biden’s plan to end Title 42 border expulsions

A US judge in Louisiana issued a nationwide injunction barring the Biden administration from lifting a contentious asylum restriction at the Mexico border [File: Jose Luis Gonzalez/Reuters]

A judge in the United States has blocked the Biden administration’s plan to end a contentious immigration policy that allows US authorities to turn away most asylum seekers arriving at the country’s southern border with Mexico.

US District Judge Robert Summerhays issued a nationwide injunction on Friday barring US President Joe Biden’s administration from lifting the policy known as Title 42. It was expected to be rescinded on May 23.

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