Federal judge rules the U.S. government can no longer use a Covid-era policy that allowed authorities to severely limit asylum seekers from crossing the border into the country.
that allowed authorities to severely limit asylum seekers from crossing the border into the country.
Since the rule was implemented by the Trump administration in March 2020 due to the Covid pandemic, the federal agency has turned back people 2 million times. In May, a federal judge in Louisiana blocked the Biden administration's attempt to end the Trump-era policy. The Biden administration will not be opposing Sullivan’s order to lift Title 42, according to a court filing Tuesday night.
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