Biden’s Emergency Power to Release Migrants Blocked by Judge (3)

A federal judge in Florida temporarily blocked the Biden administration from allowing certain migrants to enter the US for a limited time while they await immigration proceedings, derailing one of the administration’s tactics to alleviate overcrowding in border facilities.

District Judge T. Kent Wetherell II, in a 17-page emergency order Thursday night, said the effort too closely resembles a similar program he invalidated earlier this year.

“The court hoped that after issuing the decision in Florida, it would be able to go back to its normal docket and simply watch the political finger-pointing about the immigration crisis from afar,” ...