NEW: Judge strikes down Title 42 immigration policy blocking asylum-seekers
D.C. federal district court Judge Emmet Sullivan ruled the policy was in violation of the Administrative Procedures Act, effectively preventing the Biden administration from using it as a way to deter immigrants.
The policy was implemented during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic as a means to expel immigrants immediately on the basis of public health.The Tuesday decision “declares the Title 42 policy to be arbitrary and capricious in violation of the Administrative Procedure Act and permanently enjoins defendants and their agents from applying the Title 42 policy," according to Sullivan's 49-page opinion.
The decision was lauded by American Civil Liberties Union lawyer Lee Gelernt, who represented immigrants who challenged the policy. “Title 42 was never about public health, and this ruling finally ends the charade of using Title 42 to bar desperate asylum seekers from even getting a hearing,” he said in a statement.
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