A Federal Court Rules That the Biden Administration Can Use Title 42 to Remove Migrant Families
A federal court has moved to preserve the Biden administration’s ability to use a Trump-era public health order to expel migrant families arriving at the southern border.
The action by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C Circuit comes after a federal judge issued a time-delayed order to block the administration’s use of the Title 42 policy for removing migrant families earlier this month. The judge’s order, issued on Sept. 16, was scheduled to go into effect on Thursday.
“If the Biden administration really wants to treat asylum seekers humanely, it should end this lawless policy now and withdraw its appeal,” American Civil Liberties Union attorney Lee Gelernt, the lead lawyer in the group’s Title 42 challenge, said Thursday. “We will continue fighting to end this illegal policy.”
