The United States Supreme Court decided this Monday to freeze the end of Title 42., a norm that allows the deportation of the majority of immigrants arriving at the Mexican border, in response to a lawsuit filed by 19 of the country’s 50 states. The petition was filed by 19 states, which argued that the repeal of Title 42, scheduled for December 21, would cause “major and irreparable harm to the states, particularly those bearing the consequences of irregular immigration.” Judge John Roberts’ decision is provisional and the parties concerned have until 10 pm GMT on Tuesday to respond to the Supreme Court. Once it receives the response, the Supreme Court must decide whether to allow Title 42 to remain valid while the lower courts resolve the case.
A federal court in the District of Columbia ruled in mid-November. to order Suspension of Title 42, a decision that has been appealed by prosecutors from 19 states and the Joe Biden government. In their case, which they filed before the Supreme Court this Monday, prosecutors assumed that ending this policy would lead to an increase in border crossings, so state officials must “reserve additional funding for security, education and medical care.” “The idea that states will not suffer substantial and irreparable harm as a result of the imminent disaster that will cause the termination of Title 42 is unreasonable,” they said in the petition, which was later supported by the Supreme Court.
Title 42 came into effect under the mandate of Republican Donald Trump (2017-2021) in March 2020, during which time he was allowed. Accelerated deportation of more than 2.7 million migrants, most from the Mexican border. Upon its repeal, Title 8 was expected to be implemented, allowing migrants to seek asylum at points of entry and empowering the Government to deport and even impose penalties on those who do not meet the requirements and are considered inadmissible.
The Biden Administration’s decision to uphold Title 42 has been widely criticized by human rights organizations, who label it illegal as it prevents the vast majority of people seeking asylum at the border from doing so.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, one of those filing the case, said on Twitter Monday, “The fight to protect Title 42 continues. I will do everything in my power in court to keep our border safe.” The city of El Paso in Texas, on the border with Ciudad Juárez in Mexico, declared a state of emergency this Saturday to use more resources and create more bunkers to house the bunkers. thousands of people who came there in the last weeks before the imminent planned suspension of said regulation.