SUPREME COURT ORDERS TITLE 42 BORDER RESTRICTIONS TO REMAIN IN PLACE

Supreme Court Orders Title 42 Border Restrictions To Remain In Place

The US Supreme Court ordered pandemic-era border restrictions to remain in effect, granting a request by Republican state officials who said lifting the rules would have produced an unmanageable surge of migrants.

Voting 5-4, the justices blocked a lower court decision that was set to invalidate the so-called Title 42 rule. The justices also said they will hear arguments in late February or early March on the states’ bid to intervene in defense of the policy.