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  1. December 07, 2022

    Feds To Appeal Order Striking Trump-Era Title 42 Policy

    The Biden administration said Wednesday that it indeed plans to appeal a D.C. federal court's recent order ending the use of a Trump-era policy authorizing the rapid removal of migrants during the COVID-19 pandemic, though the government also said it plans to begin the process of replacing that policy.

  2. June 21, 2022

    Top 3 Immigration Cases To Watch In 2022: Midyear Report

    Federal courts in the coming months are poised to decide impactful questions of immigration law, including the limits of President Joe Biden's authority to end Trump-era policies and whether persistent processing delays for visas and work permits are unlawful. Here, Law360 breaks down the biggest immigration cases to watch for the rest of 2022.

  3. March 04, 2022

    DC Circ. Narrows Biden's Migrant Family Expulsion Effort

    The Biden administration can continue to use a pandemic-related order to quickly expel certain migrants arriving at the U.S.-Mexico border, but it can't send them to countries where they risk torture or severe persecution, the D.C. Circuit ruled Friday.

  4. January 19, 2022

    Biden Seeks To Expel Migrant Families; DC Circ. Is Skeptical

    The Biden administration faced repeated pushback Wednesday in its D.C. Circuit bid to reinstate a Trump-era policy to expel migrant families from the U.S. — purportedly to limit the spread of COVID-19 — as a three-judge panel expressed ​​skepticism about the government's public health arguments.

  5. January 05, 2022

    DC Circ. Denies Texas Arg Time In Migrant Expulsion Suit

    The D.C. Circuit has rejected Texas' bid to participate in oral arguments later this month in support of the Biden administration's fight for a policy allowing migrant families with children to be expelled from the U.S. to limit the spread of COVID-19 within the country.

  6. December 03, 2021

    Feds Fight To Keep Texas Out Of Title 42 Defense

    Texas should not be allowed to defend border expulsions during oral arguments next month, U.S. Department of Justice attorneys told the D.C. Circuit on Friday, highlighting the state's previous failed attempt to intervene in the government's appeal.

  7. October 26, 2021

    DC Circ. Says Texas Can't Intervene In Migrant Policy Suit

    The D.C. Circuit on Tuesday denied Texas' bid to intervene in a challenge to the federal government's use of a public health law to expel migrant families, after the state argued it had a stake in protecting its residents from the coronavirus.

  8. October 22, 2021

    Feds Say DC Court Wrong To Narrow Power To Expel Migrants

    The federal government urged the D.C. Circuit to erase a lower court's injunction blocking its use of a public health law to expel migrant families, arguing that the lower court interpreted its powers under the authority too narrowly.

  9. October 18, 2021

    Feds, Migrants Say Texas Is Tardy To Title 42 Appeal

    The federal government and a class of migrant families excoriated Texas' 11th-hour attempts to intervene in litigation challenging the federal government's use of a public health law to expel migrant families, telling the D.C. Circuit that the motion comes months too late.

  10. October 12, 2021

    Texas Wants In On Title 42 Migrant Expulsions Appeal

    The state of Texas asked the D.C. Circuit for permission to intervene in a case over the expelling of migrant families under Title 42, calling the process "a fundamental part of the broader national toolkit" necessary to secure the border and keep Texans healthy during the pandemic.