Title 42

IMMIGRATION AGITATION — The Biden administration's border policy is under a microscope this week, with Senate Democrats airing frustrations, ...

Additional guidance: “Members are advised that remarks should be limited to the history of the Chamber and/or operations of Congress.” They tallied up five Democrats: Sen. John Hickenlooper of Colorado, Reps. John Garamendi of California, Josh Gottheimer of New Jersey, Susie Lee of Nevada and Dean Phillips of Minnesota. They (or their spouse) all held shares in Twitter at the end of 2020. For example, in 2006 the IG's office went from publishing all reports publicly to purging them from the internet in 2009 and only publishing financial audits. "Spouses, former members and Congressional staff are not yet able to lead tours of the chamber" per a memo from Pelosi to House members. The other would require the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to launch a research task force focused on Pacific salmon. One bill, now named for Young, would require the Health and Human Services Department to convey about 11 acres of land in Tanana, Alaska, to the Tanana Tribal Council, which wants to take over the site of a former Indian Health Service hospital. (Transparency advocates at Demand Progress have cobbled together a spreadsheet of reports that once existed.) We're not quite sure a new era of openness in congressional operations is in the offing here. Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) signaled that even the court delay won’t fully eliminate the tension between Biden and members of his own party over Title 42. Senate chiefs of staff and staff directors will be briefed today by White House Legislative Affairs officials on Title 42. "There are some Democrats who feel very strongly about going back and revisiting the Voting Rights Act provisions. The public health order known as Title 42 allows immigration authorities to quickly expel migrants and deny entry to asylum seekers.

U.S. District Judge Robert Summerhays has granted a temporary restraining order on what was to be the termination of Title 42.

"The Biden administration cannot continue in flagrant disregard for existing laws and required administrative procedures." Summerhays, a Trump appointee, granted the motion on Monday in a lawsuit filed against the Biden Administration by Louisiana, Missouri and Arizona that now includes 21 Republican-led states. It is a raw exercise of public health power to take a person who is inside the United States and send them to another country.” The seldom-used public health code was enacted by the Trump administration and continued under Biden. Texas filed a separate case also seeking to block the end of Title 42, but has not received a ruling. Migrants who would have been allowed to seek asylum after the end of Title 42 on May 23 will continue being expeditiously removed to other countries for now.

A federal judge says he intends to block the Biden administration's plans for rescinding Title 42, siding with GOP-led states that had asked for the courts ...

A federal judge in Louisiana temporarily blocked the Biden administration from ending a Trump-era pandemic restriction on the US-Mexico border.

The parties will confer regarding the specific terms to be contained in the Temporary Restraining Order and attempt to reach agreement," Summerhays wrote Monday. "The Biden administration cannot continue in flagrant disregard for existing laws and required administrative procedures." The Justice Department, which opposed the request, declined to comment Monday.

Republicans and some members of President Biden's own party say there needs to be a plan in place to deal with expected higher numbers of migrants when the ...

The Trump administration first put Title 42 in effect during the first wave of pandemic restrictions in March 2020. The Department of Homeland Security says it also faces a funding shortfall. Please see our republishing guidelines for use of photos and graphics. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said early this month it would lift Title 42 on May 23. U.S. District Judge Robert R. Summerhays told Republican state attorneys general and the federal government that he planned to grant the Republicans’ request for a temporary restraining order. Republicans and some members of President Biden’s own party say there needs to be a plan in place to deal with expected higher numbers of migrants when the Title 42 order ends.

Since its inception in March 2020, the Title 42 authority has allowed U.S. authorities along the Mexican border to expel migrants over 1.8 million times to ...

"We have been planning for months to address increases in migration; those that we already have experienced and those that we might experience upon an end to Title 42." "The parties will confer regarding the specific terms to be contained in the Temporary Restraining Order and attempt to reach agreement." The CDC said it would stop authorizing Title 42 on May 23 to give border officials time to make preparations. The status conference was closed to the press. A Justice Department spokeswoman declined to comment. He cited the deployment of additional personnel to the southern border, the expansion of migrant transportation assets and the establishment of processing facilities.

WPTV got new reaction Monday from local activists on the Biden's Administration's move to end Title 42, a health policy that allows border agents to turn away migrants over COVID-19 concerns. "Title 42, what it effectively did was take away migrant's ...

Ending Title 42 enforcement is reckless, dangerous, and puts our communities in harm's way." "The Biden Administration really needs to rethink its game plan," said immigration attorney Renata Castro of the Castro Legal Group of South Florida. "There are a lot of people coming from all over the world, coming to the United States to seek asylum, and they’re being denied that right under Title 42," said immigration attorney Bianca Jordan.

A federal judge Monday agreed to issue a temporary restraining order against the Biden Administration's decision to end Trump-era border restrictions.

Critics argue Title 42 prevents migrants who fled persecution in their home countries from exercising their legal right to seek asylum in the U.S., though supporters like Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) have claimed the Biden Administration does not have a solid plan for ending Title 42 without causing migration to spike and unleashing a flood of drug smuggling and human trafficking in the U.S. from Mexico. Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas told CNN the administration has a well developed plan for ending the rule, but details of that plan were being withheld in order to keep “enemies” like drug cartels in the dark. During the Covid-19 pandemic, the Trump Administration used this rule to close the door to migrants and asylum seekers, often expelling migrants who were apprehended at the U.S.-Mexico border within hours of their arrest, a policy the Biden Administration has yet to overturn. Friday, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) filed a lawsuit in the Southern District of Texas seeking to block repeal of Title 42, criticizing what he described as the administration’s “disastrous open border policies.” Title 42 of the U.S. Code empowers the surgeon general to halt immigration from certain places to prevent the spread of disease. The plaintiff states previously claimed Title 42 has already in effect been abandoned by the Department of Homeland Security, resulting in a misappropriation of personnel and an increase in the number of migrants arriving undetected in the U.S. (DHS has used Title 42 to expel nearly 100,000 migrants per month since the start of the Biden Administration, including most single adults caught crossing the U.S.-Mexico border). Western District of Louisiana Judge Robert R. Summerhays said in a filing Monday the parties to a lawsuit seeking to keep Title 42 in place—including the plaintiff states and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention—will confer before settling on exact terms for a temporary restraining order halting the administration’s decision.

White House communications director Kate Bedingfield comments on President Biden lifting Title 42 restrictions on migrants. WASHINGTON – A federal judge said he ...

It's unclear whether the judge's rule will delay the Biden administration's plan to end the policy. "The parties will confer regarding the specific terms to be contained in the Temporary Restraining Order and attempt to reach agreement." Former President Donald Trump created the policy, known as Title 42, to protect the public health in 2020.

Judge Robert R. Summerhays, in Louisiana district court, announced his intent to issue a temporary restraining order that would block the Biden administration ...

Members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus are expected to meet with Biden on Monday to discuss Title 42 and immigration. It also alleviates some of the intense political pressure that the White House has been facing on the issue, at least for now. But they urged the White House to provide more transparency and better communicate with Democratic lawmakers. Summerhays’ announcement could dramatically alter that push — scrambling the White House’s plans but also providing a measure of relief to anxious lawmakers. Despite promising during his campaign to revoke the policy, Biden has kept Title 42 in place since taking office. The Justice Department declined to comment on the coming Title 42 temporary restraining order.

(NewsNation) — A judge has ruled in favor of dozens of Republican states seeking to prevent the Biden administration from ending a pandemic-era immigration ...

A Louisiana judge will grant a restraining order that will keep in place Title 42, a pandemic-era health rule that the federal government had planned to ...

In response to the Biden administration’s announcement that it would lift Title 42, Gov. Greg Abbott ordered state troopers to more thoroughly inspect every commercial truck coming from Mexico’s four border states. The details of such a restraining order were not available late Monday. Last week, Texas joined more than 20 other, mostly Republican-led states in a separate lawsuit against the Biden administration.