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

Texas v. Biden (TX Title 42 Exceptions) - District Court

COVID

Title 42

[ARCHIVED - September 2025] This case is a challenge by Texas to narrow exceptions to orders issued by the Center for Disease Control (CDC) under which most migrants at the southern border seeking asylum have been summarily expelled back to Mexico, ostensibly to prevent the spread of COVID-19. The...

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