Biden Officials Forced to Limit Migrant Expulsions at Border (1)

U.S. officials can’t use a public health order to expel migrants to places where they may be persecuted or tortured, federal judges said in a partial win for immigrants’ rights advocates.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Friday partially upheld a lower court’s 2021 decision that said the use of Title 42 for families at the border should be suspended until courts finish reviewing legal challenges to the policy. The D.C. Circuit said the Biden administration can continue expulsions, “but only to places where they will not be persecuted or tortured.”

The public health ...