Florida judge blocks quick migrant release policy, raising concerns about overcrowding
Source: CBS News
Updated on: May 12, 2023 / 12:53 AM / CBS News
El Paso, Texas — A federal judge in Florida on Thursday temporarily blocked the Biden administration from continuing a migrant release policy designed to alleviate overcrowding at immigration holding facilities along the U.S.-Mexico border.
The ruling came just hours before the Title 42 border restrictions expired at 11:59 p.m. EDT Thursday, raising concerns about severe overcrowding in already over-capacity Border Patrol migrant facilities. U.S. District Judge Kent Wetherell ordered the Biden administration to halt the quick migrant release policy at the same it (sic) discontinued the Title 42 pandemic-era order, granting a request by Republican officials in Florida.
In March, Wetherell also blocked a similar Biden administration migrant release policy in a ruling on a lawsuit brought by the Florida attorney general. Florida is arguing that this new policy is also illegal.
Wetherell's latest order will expire in 14 days in order to give the Biden administration time to seek an emergency stay on the ruling. Another hearing in the case is scheduled for May 19.
Read more: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/florida-judge-blocks-quick-migrant-release-policy-overcrowding-concerns-title-42-expiring/
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