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Federal health order allowing rapid removal of migrants must end Wednesday, court rules

The Biden administration attempted to end Title 42 earlier this year before a federal judge blocked the move. A different federal court has now ordered that the federal health order be lifted.

The Texas Tribune · Dec 17, 2022

GOP states ask appeals court to preserve Title 42 border policy

WASHINGTON — A federal appeals court could rule as soon as Friday on a bid from a group of Republican-led states to preserve pandemic-related border controls, with just days remaining until a court order forces the Biden administration to lift the restrictions.

Tribune News Service · Dec 13, 2022

GOP states ask appeals court to preserve Title 42 border policy - Roll Call

A federal appeals court could rule as soon as Friday on a bid from a group of Republican-led states to preserve pandemic-era border controls.

Roll Call · Dec 13, 2022

Trump's immunity claim in 2020 civil rights lawsuit is rejected by judge

WASHINGTON — Donald Trump can’t claim presidential immunity to avoid a lawsuit that accuses him of civil rights violations in his efforts to undermine the results of the 2020 election, a federal judge ruled Monday.

Tribune News Service · Nov 29, 2022

GOP-led states ask to defend border policy in Washington case

WASHINGTON — More than a dozen Republican-led states asked a federal judge Monday night for permission to defend a pandemic-related border directive in court, after the judge struck down the policy and the Biden administration signaled it wouldn’t appeal.

Tribune News Service · Nov 22, 2022

States move to keep court from lifting Trump asylum policy

A coalition of conservative-leaning states is trying to keep in place a Trump-era public health rule that allows many asylum seekers to be turned away at the southern U.S. border

The Independent UK · Nov 22, 2022

What could asylum processing look like after border expulsions end?

SAN DIEGO — Days before he was scheduled to go to the San Ysidro Port of Entry with his family to request asylum, a 7-year-old boy died in Tijuana.

Tribune News Service · Nov 22, 2022

GOP-led states ask to defend border policy in Washington case - Roll Call

More than a dozen Republican-led states asked Monday night for permission to defend a pandemic-related border directive in court.

Roll Call · Nov 22, 2022

Editorial: Order and the border: Judge is right to strike down Title 42 policy, but challenges loom

At last, a federal judge has articulated a fact that’s been in plain view for years: The Trump administration’s implementation of the so-called Title 42 order, expelling migrants without due process, had little to do with pandemic control and everything to do with blocking their legal right to seek asylum.…

Tribune News Service · Nov 18, 2022

Controversial Title 42 border policy vacated by federal judge

A federal judge in Washington on Tuesday vacated a controversial border policy known as Title 42, a public health law invoked by the Trump administration during the pandemic that had allowed border agents to quickly turn back migrants.

Los Angeles Times · Nov 16, 2022