Judge issues temporary restraining order preventing phase out of Title 42
A federal judge in Louisiana formally issued a restraining order Wednesday that temporarily blocks the Biden administration from phasing out pandemic-justified border restrictions for at least the next two weeks.
The order from Judge Robert Summerhays, an appointee of former President Donald Trump, bars the Department of Homeland Security from increasing normal immigration processing beyond what they were before the administration announced the health code restrictions under Title 42 of federal law would end May 23.
Migrants have been paroled into the U.S. throughout the pandemic under Title 8 of the U.S....