The number of migrants apprehended at the southern U.S. border has plummeted over the past two months, in spite of expectations of a big influx after the lifting of Title 42 in May.
Perhaps the biggest reason for the drop, officials say, is that President Biden’s stringent new asylum rules have effectively turned migrants away.
Today, that policy was struck down by a federal judge in California, dealing a major blow to Biden’s efforts to manage immigration along the southern border.
The groups argued that the policy left migrants vulnerable during long waits in Mexico border towns and that it mimicked a Trump administration rule that had already been blocked.
The judge — Jon Tigar, an Obama appointee — sided with the advocacy groups, writing that the policy was “both substantively and procedurally invalid.” He however stayed his order for 14 days, giving the Biden administration time for an appeal.
Persons:
Trump, Jon Tigar, —, Biden
Organizations:
U.S
Locations:
U.S, California, Mexico