More than 2.4 million people have been displaced, mostly from the southern border, since the Trump administration first issued an emergency order known as Title 42 in March 2020. To prevent the spread of coronavirus.
In a statement announcing the urgent appeal to the Supreme Court, Arizona Attorney General Mark Brunovich (Republican) said, “Removing Title 42 will only exacerbate the catastrophe occurring on the southern border. It recklessly and needlessly puts more Americans and immigrants at risk.
Immigration advocates have gone to court demanding that borders be fully reopened and asylum proceedings reopened, arguing that there is no evidence that this policy protects public health or could seek protection in the United States. He said he had put immigrants who were supposed to be in extreme danger. The Biden administration has agreed to cancel the policy. But as the Department of Homeland Security struggles to cope with the influx of immigrants, officials expect an increase in the coming weeks if the administration is allowed to repeal the policy.
Republican officials in states such as Arizona, Texas and Virginia have told the Washington DC Court of Appeals for the Circuit to block the Biden administration’s plans to end the policy and intervene in lawsuits filed on behalf of immigrant families. I requested. Officials said a significant increase in immigration at the border would impose additional costs on states to provide services such as law enforcement and health care.
A three-judge panel rejected the state’s request, saying the filing was too late and noting that the case had been pending for nearly two years.
An unsigned order from the panel, which included judges appointed by both parties’ presidents, stated that “the excessive and inexplicable prematureness of the state’s move to intervene in the appeal definitively opposed the intervention.” Judge Florence Pang is a Biden candidate. He judges Justin Walker as Trump’s pick. Barack Obama candidate Patricia Millett.
Title 42 allowed US authorities to regulate immigration by deporting them. In contrast, formal deportation hearings can take months or years in pending immigration courts, making it difficult for authorities to find and remove them once migrants are in the country. There is a possibility. Last year, about 69,000 of the country’s estimated 11 million illegal immigrants were deported, according to federal data.
In revoking the policy last month, U.S. District Judge Emmett G. Sullivan for the District of Columbia said federal officials ruled that Title 42 “places with a ‘high likelihood’ of persecution, torture, violent assault, or rape.” I knew that there was a high probability of deporting immigrants to ”- and yet they implemented the program.
“It is unreasonable to assume that the CDC can ignore the consequences of the actions it chooses to achieve its goals,” Sullivan said.
Homeland Security officials warn that lifting Title 42 will not end immigration. Anyone ineligible for asylum can be charged with crossing the border illegally, which usually does not happen with deportation.
Officials said earlier this year they were preparing for as many as 18,000 daily arrivals, more than double the current number, if Title 42 were to end. But a federal official, speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss internal figures last week, said officials estimated daily inflows would range from 9,000 to 14,000.
El Paso Mayor Oscar Reaser issued a disaster declaration on Saturday in anticipation of the end of Title 42. The area is one of the busiest on the U.S.-Mexico border, with thousands of immigrants lining up to stay.
Lieser, a Democrat, expressed concern that nighttime temperatures near freezing could force more immigrants to take to the streets, while city shelters and transportation networks were stymied by the influx. He said he was nervous to catch up.
“There are significant public safety and security concerns associated with the wave of immigrants, including the risk of injury or loss of life from immigrants on the streets of El Paso, where there are few or no resources. , but not limited to,” Lieser said in a declaration.
Even with Title 42 in effect, the U.S. government is allowing more immigrants to make exceptions. The U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s El Paso district stretches from West Texas to New Mexico, and in October he detained 53,284 immigrants, with a third deported, according to federal records. .
