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Supreme Court Orders Title 42 Border Rule Kept in Effect

  • Justices grant request by Republican state attorneys general
  • Court will hear arguments on states’ bid to intervene in fight
The US Supreme Court in Washington, DC.

The US Supreme Court in Washington, DC.

Photographer: Al Drago/Bloomberg
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The US Supreme Court ordered pandemic-era border restrictions to remain in effect, granting a request by Republican state officials who said lifting the rules would have produced an unmanageable surge of migrants.

Voting 5-4, the justices blocked a lower court decision that was set to invalidate the so-called Title 42 rule. The justices also said they will hear arguments in late February or early March on the states’ bid to intervene in defense of the policy.