by Ben Whedon at Just the News
ALouisiana judge ruled Friday that President Biden must at least temporarily keep in place federal rule Title 42 that was activate by the Trump administration as a public health measure to limit immigration during the pandemic.
Judge Robert Summerhays, a Trump appointee for the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana, imposed the preliminary injunction against the lifting of the order while the case advances through the court system.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention was set to end the decades-old rule Monday.
Title 42 more specifically allows for the removal of migrants if they come from somewhere facing a communicable disease.
Over 1.9 million migrants have reportedly been expelled from the U.S. under since April 2020, about a month after the pandemic was declared.
The request to stop the deactivation of Title 42 was brought before Summerhays in a suit filed by roughly two dozen attorneys general from Republican-run states.
They argue that Biden administration ending Title 42 enforcement violates…
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