Judge: COVID Asylum Restrictions Must Continue On Border
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The Justice Department said the administration will appeal, but the ruling virtually ensures that restrictions will not end as planned on Monday.
Pandemic-related restrictions on migrants seeking asylum on the southern border must continue, a judge ruled Friday in an order blocking the Biden administration's plan to lift them early next week.
The ruling was just the latest instance of a court derailing the president's proposed immigration policies along the U.S. border with Mexico.
The Justice Department said the administration will appeal, but the ruling virtually ensures that restrictions will not end as planned on Monday. A delay would be a blow to advocates who say rights to seek asylum are being trampled, and a relief to some Democrats who fear that a widely anticipated increase in illegal crossings would put them on the defensive in an already difficult midterm election year.
