The administration of President Joe Biden said Tuesday that it will comply with an expected court order from a Louisiana judge that would block the lifting of Title 42, a deportation policy of the Donald Trump administration used to expel more than a million immigrants in the southern border.
The administration had announced that it would end the use of Title 42, a public health order, by May 23. But a judge for the US District Court for the Western District of Louisiana announced Monday that he would side with the Republican states to keep the order preserved unless some agreement is reached between them and the administration.
“If the court issues the temporary restraining order, the department plans to comply with that order,” a senior administration official said in a call with reporters Tuesday, announcing the administration’s detailed plan for after the lockdown is lifted. Title 42.
The official dismissed the imminent decision, saying, “It really doesn’t make sense to us for the plaintiffs to demand and for the court to order that [el Departamento de Seguridad Nacional] stop its use of expedited removal, which will prevent us from preparing for aggressive immigration enforcement when public health expires.”
Officials on the call outlined the administration’s six-point plan for the aftermath of lifting the Title 42 order late next month. The plan includes more resources to deal with an expected surge of migrants at the border, which the administration says would allow them to process 18,000 migrants in custody “at any one time.”
The plan also includes leaning on other federal agencies and neighboring nations to “share responsibility” for deterring irregular migration, including targeting criminal organizations and smugglers.
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