A federal judge issued an order on Tuesday barring federal authorities from using Title 42, a Trump-era rule that allowed the U.S. to quickly expel migrants who crossed the border.
U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan called the policy “arbitrary and capricious” in his ruling on Tuesday.
Immigration is at the top of the ticket this November as a record number of illegal immigrants continue to cross the border.
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The ruling comes as record numbers of migrants stream across the southern border, with more than 2.3 million encounters in fiscal year 2022, which ended in September.
