God I hope they overturn the lower court's decision!
- A federal court ordered the government to end the Title 42 policy at midnight Wednesday.
- Critics say unwinding the Title 42 policy will bring an influx of migrants to the border.
- Now the Supreme Court will weigh a request from GOP-led states to block the lower court ruling.
WASHINGTON – Nineteen conservative states filed an emergency appeal to the Supreme Court on Monday asking the justices to retain a pandemic policy known as Title 42 that allows the federal government to rapidly expel migrants over concerns about public health.
Put into place by former President Donald Trump and extended by President Joe Biden, the policy was set to expire on Wednesday, but some critics have said lifting it would create chaos at the border. The Title 42 authority has been used to expel migrants more than 2.4 million times since its implementation in early 2020.
After being denied a request by a federal appeals court on Friday, the states are now asking the Supreme Court to temporarily block a lower court ruling that found the policy's implementation violated the law. The filing was announced by Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich.
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