Title 42 and ‘Remain in Mexico' Fight Add Up to Immigration Woes for Biden
- President sees fallout over surge of migrants entering U.S.
- GOP eyes immigration as a winning issue in November elections
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President Joe Biden faces political peril as a showdown at the Supreme Court on immigration coincides with widespread criticism of his plan to end pandemic-related border controls.
Justices on Tuesday will consider whether Biden can end former President Donald Trump’s “remain in Mexico” policy, which has forced tens of thousands of asylum-seekers to stay south of the border while their applications are processed. A federal trial judge ordered the Biden administration to restart the program.