Republican officials from 19 states have asked the Supreme Court to keep in place a pandemic-era policy that allows the government to quickly expel millions of migrants from U.S. borders, Arizona’s attorney general said Monday.
to end the policy on Dec. 21, and to once again allow migrants who cross the southern border illegally to seekMore than 2.
Title 42 has allowed U.S. officials to regulate migration by expelling migrants, often within minutes of their arrival. Formal deportation hearings, in contrast, can take months or years in backlogged immigration courts, and once immigrants are in the country, it can be difficult for authorities to find and remove them. About 69,000 of the estimated 11 million undocumented immigrants in the country were deported last year, federalIn vacating the policy last month, U.S. District Judge Emmet G.
Officials said earlier this year that they are preparing for as many as 18,000 arrivals a day, more than double current numbers, if Title 42 ends. But a federal official speaking on the condition of anonymity to discuss internal figures said last week that officials are estimating that the daily influx would range from 9,000 to 14,000.El Paso Mayor Oscar Leeser issued a disaster declaration on Saturday in anticipation of Title 42 ending. The region is one of the busiest stretches on the U.S.
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