Biden Admin Asks Supreme Court to Delay End of Title 42 Border Policy Until After Christmas

The Biden administration asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday to allow the pandemic-era Title 42 border policy to briefly remain in place for operational reasons until after Christmas.
This comes after the Supreme Court agreed on Monday to the emergency request of 19 Republican-led states to reverse the lower court’s decision to end Title 42, which was set to happen on Wednesday. The stay is administrative and not based on the merits of the case.
Chief Justice John Roberts, a former President George W. Bush appointee, gave the Biden administration until 5 p.m. Tuesday to respond to the emergency application.
The Title 42 emergency public health policy was invoked in March 2020, allowing border agents to block asylum claims at U.S. borders on the grounds of keeping contagious diseases out of the United States amid the COVID-19 pandemic….}