The American Civil Liberties Union, along with two other immigrant advocacy organizations, has filed the first lawsuit against stringent border restrictions related to coronavirus that largely bar migrants from entering the US.
In March, as coronavirus swept across the country, the Trump administration invoked a public health law, citing the coronavirus, that allowed for the swift removal of migrants, including children, apprehended at the border -- a move that raised concerns among officials involved in compiling data who believed it to be driven by political motivations. The order has since been extended indefinitely. The ACLU, Center for Gender and Refugee Studies and Oxfam America are now challenging that order.
"The Administration's use of Title 42 is a transparent end-run around Congress's considered decision to provide protection to children and others fleeing danger even where communicable disease is a concern -- and to address that concern through the use of testing and quarantines, not deportations," the lawsuit, citing the law invoked by the administration, reads.
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