Supreme Court Orders Title 42 Border Rule Kept in Effect (2)

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.

The Supreme Court order means thousands of people waiting on the Mexican side of the border will remain stranded there for the time being. ...