Attorney General Ken Paxton’s lawsuit argues that the Biden administration didn’t follow the administrative procedure laws needed to halt Title 42. Story by TexasTribune.
A child runs through the tent city set up in Plaza de la República in Reynosa, across the international border from McAllen, on May 29, 2021. Title 42, a pandemic-era health policy, prevented migrants from seeking asylum in the United States and forced them back to their country of origin or into makeshift encampments in Mexico. Texas sued the Biden administration on Friday to stop it from lifting the order.
Paxton’s lawsuit argues that the Biden administration didn’t follow the administrative procedure laws needed to halt Title 42. The suit adds that if the Biden administration follows through with lifting the order, Texas will have to pay for social services for the migrants who enter the country.
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