Biden Admin Asks Supreme Court to Delay End of Title 42 Border Policy Until After Christmas

At sunset near McAllen, Texas, illegal immigrants who have crossed the Rio Grande surrender to U.S. Border Patrol near an area known as Rincon; from there they will be transported to a processing center, in a file photo. Mani Albrecht/U.S. Customs and Border Protection

The Biden administration asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday to allow the pandemic-era Title 42 border policy to briefly remain in place for operational reasons until after Christmas.

This comes after the Supreme Court agreed on Monday to the emergency request of 19 Republican-led states to reverse the lower court’s decision to end Title 42, which was set to happen on Wednesday. The stay is administrative and not based on the merits of the case.