June 14, 2023
A Louisiana federal judge on Wednesday dismissed a lawsuit from a coalition of Republican-led states that sought to keep the Biden administration from ending the now-defunct Title 42 public health border policy after the Fifth Circuit ruled the matter is moot.
May 26, 2023
A coalition of Republican states that heartily fought the Biden administration's efforts to end the Title 42 border policy expressed no position Friday on whether the Fifth Circuit should dismiss a lingering appeal over the now-defunct policy as moot.
February 14, 2023
The Fifth Circuit on Tuesday paused the Biden administration's appeal of a district court injunction barring the end of the Title 42 border policy after the administration argued the case would become moot when the COVID-19 public emergency ends in May.
February 09, 2023
A nonprofit wants the Fifth Circuit to proceed with ruling on whether it can intervene to challenge a nationwide injunction blocking the Biden administration from ending Title 42, despite the U.S. government's bid this week to pause its appeal of the injunction.
February 07, 2023
The Biden administration asked the Fifth Circuit to suspend its appeal of a district court ruling requiring the Biden administration to keep in place Title 42, saying the COVID-19 national health emergency's planned end in May will moot the case.
September 01, 2022
Twenty-three states urged the Fifth Circuit to reject the "half-hearted" effort by the Biden administration to end the Trump-era rapid deportation policy implemented during COVID-19, arguing that the government failed to give good cause as to why it shouldn't have solicited public comment before pursuing Title 42's demise.
July 26, 2022
The Biden administration urged the Fifth Circuit to scrap a Louisiana federal judge's order barring the termination of a Trump-era policy authorizing the rapid removal of migrants during the COVID-19 pandemic, saying the availability of less drastic measures warrants ending the policy.
June 21, 2022
Federal courts in the coming months are poised to decide impactful questions of immigration law, including the limits of President Joe Biden's authority to end Trump-era policies and whether persistent processing delays for visas and work permits are unlawful. Here, Law360 breaks down the biggest immigration cases to watch for the rest of 2022.
June 16, 2022
The Fifth Circuit on Thursday rejected a legal service provider's attempts to open up parts of the U.S.-Mexico border to asylum-seekers by narrowing an injunction order requiring the Biden administration to enforce COVID-19 border restrictions nationwide.
June 14, 2022
The Biden administration asked the Fifth Circuit to reject a nonprofit's request to narrow the scope of an order that kept a Trump-era Title 42 border policy in place, saying the nonprofit wasn't a party to the suit.