WASHINGTON, July 25 (Reuters) - A U.S. federal judge on Tuesday blocked President Joe Biden's new regulation restricting asylum access at the U.S.-Mexico border, upending a key tenet of his plan to deter migration after COVID-era Title 42 restrictions ended in May.
California-based U.S. District Judge Jon Tigar stayed the order for 14 days, leaving the restrictions in place for now.
The Biden administration within hours appealed to the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals.
The number of migrants caught crossing the border illegally plummeted in recent months after the new regulation went into place.
Whether the trend will continue if the new asylum restrictions are blocked remains unclear.
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Joe Biden's, Jon Tigar, Biden, Donald Trump, Barack Obama, Tigar, prolongs, Katrina Eiland, Ted Hesson, Kristina Cooke, Mica Rosenberg, Chris Reese, Daniel Wallis
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U.S, District, Appeals, Democrat, Republican, Trump, American Civil Liberties Union, ACLU, Reuters, U.S . Department of Homeland Security, White, Thomson
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U.S, Mexico, . California, Belize, Colombia, Washington, New York