Biden administration asks Chief Justice to allow Title 42 to end
The Biden administration on Tuesday asked Chief Justice John Roberts to rule against GOP-led states who initiated court action to keep the controversial Title 42 policy in place.
The administration was responding to Roberts’ administrative stay from Monday, where he temporarily halted the end of the policy, set to end Wednesday.
Title 42 has taken center stage in the political debate over immigration and border policy.
Most Republicans and some Democrats call it essential to border control, while immigration advocates and most Democrats oppose Title 42 mainly because it undermines the asylum system.
In its response to Roberts, the administration publicly recognized that the public health reasoning behind the policy is no longer valid.
“The government recognizes that the end of the Title 42 orders will likely lead to disruption and a temporary increase in unlawful border crossings. The government in no way seeks to minimize the seriousness of that problem. But the solution to that immigration problem cannot be to extend indefinitely a public-health measure that all now acknowledge has outlived its public-health justification,” wrote Solicitor General Elizabeth Preolgar.
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