Judge Blocks Biden Administration From Lifting Title 42

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

64% : The states, all with Republican attorneys general, argued in part that the termination of Title 42 would "induce a significant increase of illegal immigration into the United States, with many migrants asserting non-meritorious asylum claims.
56% : In April, border agents encountered more than 234,000 attempts by migrants to cross the southern border, marking a new monthly record, according to latest data from the DHS.
47% : DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas had said on May 1 the agency was preparing for a possible flood of U.S.-bound immigrants at the southern border, saying there could be as many as 18,000 migrants a day if Title 42 is terminated.
29% : Meanwhile, the United Nations and other Democrats previously said the Title 42 expulsions put vulnerable migrants in danger and were not based on science.
24% : Since Title 42's implementation in March 2020 under the Trump administration, border agents have been able to turn illegal immigrants away from the southern U.S. border over 1.9 million times without giving them a chance to seek asylum.

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