U.S. judge blocks expulsions of migrant families under Trump-era order

[Judi Lynn]

September 16, 2021
4:02 PM CDT
Last Updated 6 hours ago
United States

By Kristina Cooke and Mica Rosenberg

3 minute read

Sept 16 (Reuters) - A U.S. district judge on Thursday blocked the expulsion of migrant families caught crossing the U.S.-Mexico border under an order put in place by former President Donald Trump's administration early in the COVID-19 pandemic.

The order, invoking Title 42, was issued in March 2020 by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which cited the need to limit the spread of the coronavirus.

Judge Emmet Sullivan of the U.S. District Court for the District of Colombia wrote the public health law the policy is based on does not authorize the expulsions of migrants. Expelling asylum seekers denies them the "opportunity to seek humanitarian benefits" they are entitled to under immigration law, he wrote.

Sullivan's order takes effect in 14 days. The Department of Justice and the Department of Homeland Security did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

More:
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-judge-blocks-expulsions-migrant-families-under-title-42-order-2021-09-16/

[abqtommy]

1. I approve of this. tRUMP has never done anything productive for anyone

other than himself.

[Deuxcents]

2. I also approve

PBS has a great series on the history of Mexicans who were living in Cali, New Mexico, Nevada n the whole of the old west who had property for generations and then came the settlers. I wish I could remember the title..Latinos in the Americas, maybe. Very interesting.