by Ben Whedon
U.S. District Court Judge Emmet Sullivan on Tuesday ruled that the Trump-era Title 42 immigration rule was “arbitrary and capricious in violation of the Administrative Procedure Act.”
Sullivan’s 49-page opinion said the rule, which has been used to deport migrants at least 2 million times under the auspices of COVID-19-related health concerns.
A group of asylum-seeking families had brought the suit against Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas over the DHS enforcement of the rule.
The Biden administration, meanwhile, has sought to end the rule, though a Louisiana Judge in May imposed an injunction on the order’s lift pending further litigation.
The disparate district judge rulings set the stage for a likely circuit split as the case proceeds, meaning Title 42 will likely reach the Supreme Court.
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Ben Whedon is the night editor for the Just the News. He came to the company from Breitbart News and is a graduate of Washington and Lee University.
