COVID
Refers to COVID-19, the infectious disease caused by the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus. President Trump and now President Biden have both used the COVID-19 pandemic to justify severe restrictions on immigration, particularly on asylum seekers fleeing persecution and violence in their home countries.
Cases
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Arizona v. CDC (AZ Title 42 Termination) - Court of Appeals
COVIDTitle 42[ARCHIVED - September 2025] This is an appeal of a district court’s order preliminarily enjoining (blocking) the Biden Administration’s attempt to end the Title 42 expulsion policy, under which most migrants at the southern border seeking asylum have been summarily expelled back to Mexico...Read more -
Texas v. Walensky (TX Title 42 Termination) - District Court
COVIDTitle 42[ARCHIVED - September 2025] On April 22, 2022, Texas filed this suit to challenge the Center for Disease Control’s announcement that it would be ending its Title 42 expulsion order as of May 23, 2022. Under that order, most noncitizens seeking humanitarian protection have been summarily expelled...Read more -
Arizona v. Mayorkas (AZ Border Wall) - Court of Appeals
Border WallCOVIDICEDetention/Mandatory DetentionMPP/RMX (Remain in Mexico)ParoleProsecutorial DiscretionTitle 42[ARCHIVED - September 2025] This was an appeal in a case where Arizona challenges at least five different immigration-related policies of the Biden administration, principally on the ground that they allegedly violate an environmental law. Arizona’s main contention is that since the various policies...Read more -
Arizona v. CDC (AZ Title 42 Termination) - District Court
COVIDTitle 42[ARCHIVED - September 2025] On April 3, 2022, the States of Arizona, Louisiana, and Missouri filed this suit to challenge the Center for Disease Control’s announcement that it would be ending its Title 42 expulsion order as of May 23, 2022. Under that order, most noncitizens seeking humanitarian...Read more -
Arizona v. Mayorkas (AZ Border Wall) - District Court
Border WallCOVIDICEDetention/Mandatory DetentionMPP/RMX (Remain in Mexico)ParoleProsecutorial DiscretionTitle 42[ARCHIVED - September 2025] In this case, Arizona challenged at least five different immigration-related policies of the Biden Administration, principally based on an environmental law statute. Arizona’s main contention was that since the various policies could result in an increase in the U.S...Read more
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