| Chief Justice John Roberts temporarily blocked a lower court ruling that required the Biden administration to let the public health order, known as Title 42, expire on Wednesday. The order came after GOP states filed an emergency appeal for the high court to step in, and gives the administration and states more time to make their arguments to the high court. The order has been used to expel millions of migrants, and Republicans had warned that if the policy were allowed to end, it could spell chaos and confusion at the border. The White House said it has dispatched 23,000 Border Patrol agents and 1,000 processing coordinators to the southern border, but Texas' GOP leaders, and some Democrats, said it wouldn't be enough. Rep. Henry Cuellar, a South Texas Democrat, warned in a recent letter of a "complete loss of operational control over the southern border" if Title 42 were lifted this week. "Are they prepared? No," Cuellar said in a CBS interview of federal border officials. |
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