On Friday, the Biden administration began a transition from the Title 42 policy that swiftly expelled migrants who entered the United States illegally to a more complex system that encourages applications for legal entrance.
The mere anticipation of the policy’s end triggered a race to the border this week: Tens of thousands of migrants have been crossing, with some saying they fear they’re more likely to be deported after the measure lifts.
The Washington Post spoke to migrants waiting by the border in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, who are hoping to seek asylum once Title 42 expires. The Ortiz memo prompted Florida’s Republican Attorney General Ashley Moody to file a federal lawsuit urging a judge in that state to halt the releases, saying the new policy was similar to another a judge had struck down in March.
In his ruling Thursday, Wetherell said the new Ortiz policy was nearly indistinguishable from the one he had rejected earlier, and scheduled a hearing for May 19. The Biden administration could seek an emergency stay of his decision, the judge wrote. “You have to trust in God,” she said. She believed the end of Title 42 would make it harder to get into the United States.
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