U.S. Supreme Court dismisses dispute over Title 42 border expulsions
2023.05.18 15:36
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© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Migrants stand near the border wall after having crossed the U.S.-Mexico border to turn themselves in to U.S. Border Patrol agents, after the lifting of COVID-19 era Title 42 restrictions that have blocked migrants at the border from seeking a
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By Andrew Chung
(Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed a case in which Republicans sought to keep in place a policy introduced under former President Donald Trump that had let American officials quickly expel hundreds of thousands of migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border.
The now-expired policy, known as Title 42, was implemented by Trump’s administration in March 2020 – early in the COVID-19 pandemic – as a measure tied to a public health emergency. The court had canceled arguments in the case in February.
