Republican states seek to preserve Trump-era U.S. border curbs
WASHINGTON, Nov 22 (Reuters) - A coalition of states with Republican attorneys general took legal steps on Monday to retain pandemic border curbs r...
WASHINGTON, Nov 22 (Reuters) - A coalition of states with Republican attorneys general took legal steps on Monday to retain pandemic border curbs recently ruled unlawful by a U.S. judge, aiming to preserve a policy that lets the government expel hundreds of thousands of migrants.Fifteen states asked U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan to let them join litigation over the policy, known as Title 42, which has been in effect since March 2020, at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic.First implemented as a public health policy by the administration of former Republican President Donald Trump and continued by President Joe Biden, a Democrat, Title 42 allows U.