The U.S. Supreme Court has temporarily stayed the expiration of Title 42, a controversial health order by former President Donald Trump that allowed authorities to immediately remove migrants from U.S. borders, which was scheduled to end on December 21.
Chief Justice John Roberts announced the stay of the rule in a brief order on Monday, heeding a request from the attorneys general of Texas and 18 other GOP-led states to keep the rule in place.
Roberts has given the Biden Administration until 5 p.m. (local time) Tuesday to respond to the appeal filed by the Republican states.
Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich, who has taken up the states’ proposal, said in a statement Monday that «getting rid of Title 42 will recklessly and unnecessarily endanger more Americans and immigrants by exacerbating the catastrophe that is occurring on our southern border.»
He also added that it is estimated that illegal crossings will increase «from 7,000 per day to 18,000,» according to CNN.
To date, more than 2.4 million people have been expelled, mostly from the southern border of the United States, since the Trump administration put into effect the emergency order in March 2020, claiming that this measure was an effective tool against the spread of the coronavirus, said ‘The Washington Post’.
Source: (EUROPA PRESS)
