Lawsuit over migrant expulsions resumes after talks between U.S. and advocates collapse

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and other advocates on Monday resumed a legal challenge against the U.S. government's pandemic-era border policy of expelling migrants with little to no due process, saying months-long negotiations with the Biden administration had collapsed.

The lawsuit's reinstatement could complicate the Biden administration's efforts to deter migration to the U.S. southern border at a time when migrant apprehensions there remain at levels not seen in two decades. At the center of the revived federal court case is a public health authority known as Title 42 that the Trump administration invoked in March 2020 to expel border-crossers, including asylum-seekers and unaccompanied children. Officials have argued the policy is needed to contain the spread of COVID-19.